Budget Friendly 15-Bean Soup Mix with Ham Bone

This 15 bean soup recipe is hearty and satisfying with texture from the beans and flavor from the ham. Yet is so easy to make.

Course Main Course, Soup

Cuisine American

Budget Cheap

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 2 30

Total Time 2 35

Servings

Calories 319kcal

1 Large Dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot or slow cooker or pressure (InstantPot)
1 wooden spoon

Add ham bone and 4 cups of water to a stock pot, cover, and boil for 1 hour.
Add beans and seasoning packet, garlic, salt and pepper. Replace the cover, and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
Remove the ham bone from the pot, and cut off the meat.
Add the meat back to the pot, cover, and simmer for an additional hour.
Remove from heat, and serve with crackers or crusty bread for a complete and filling meal.

Nutritional information may be inaccurate due to the nutrition app's inability to report data for the ham shank and bean soup mix. I added them manually from the nutritional information on the package.
If you don't want as much smokey flavor from the ham, cook the first 30 minutes in water, then pour out the water, measuring the amount you poured off. Add that amount of water or broth back into the pot and continue cooking for the additional 30 minutes.
If you want to add vegetables like onion or bell peppers, add them before the final 30 minutes of cooking to retain their shape and texture.