Category: Soup
Country: U.S.

Serves: 9
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hrs, 30 mins.

Ingredients...

• 1 lb. dry black beans
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, finely chopped
• 6 C. chicken stock
• 3/4 C. diced ham
• 1 tsp. Peppercorns
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/4 C.  butter or margarine, melted
• 1 t. ground cumin

Instructions...

1. Soak beans in cold water overnight, filling pot with water to about 3 inches above beans. Drain beans; set aside. OR put beans in a llarge pot of boiling water and boil for 40 mins, then wash beans.

2. Put all ingredients in a crock pot and cook on High for 5 hours.

3. Hunt down and remove bay leaves. Serve