Frontier Soups Hearty Meals™ Minnesota Heartland Eleven Bean Soup Mix™ — 18 oz

Makes about 12 12-oz. servings.

What you need:

• 1 Smoked Ham Hock (Can substitute Smoked Turkey Leg)
• 12 C. Water
• 29 oz. Can Italian Plum Tomatoes, Cut-up
• 4 Stalks Celery, Sliced (2 C.)
• 2 Onions, Chopped (2 C.)
• 1 Green Pepper, Chopped
• 1 t. Garlic, Minced
• 1 T. Salt
• 2 C. Chicken Breast Pieces, Raw or Cooked
• 1 14 to 16-oz. Package Smoked Kielbasa Sausage

This soup will thicken considerably, if made a day ahead, and it freezes beautifully.

Here’s what you do:

• Rinse, drain and pick over beans from Minnesota Heartland 11 Bean Soup Mix. Place beans into 6 or 8-quart pot with ham hock and cold water.
• Raise heat, bring to a simmer, cover and cook on low 3 hours.
• Add tomatoes, celery, onion, green pepper, garlic, salt and contents of herb packet. Bring soup back to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered 1 hour.
• Cut up chicken. Slice sausage lengthwise into quarters. Slice crosswise to make little wedges. Add chicken and sausage into soup pot. Simmer 30 minutes and serve.

Enjoy this original Frontier Soups mix and feed a crowd!