Ham and Chickpea Slow Cooker Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound dry garbanzo beans
• 1 meaty ham bone
• 8 cups water , or as needed
• 10 news potatoes , halved
• 5 carrots , chopped
• 0.5 cups frozen corn
• ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Place garbanzo beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand for 8 hours to overnight.

2. 2

   Drain and rinse beans, then place into the slow cooker. Place ham bone over beans and pour in 8 cups water or enough to cover by several inches.

3. 3

   Cook on Low for 8 hours.

4. 4

   Skim any foam from the top of soup. Remove ham bone, strip as much meat as possible from the bone, and return meat to the slow cooker; discard the bone. Stir in potatoes, carrots, frozen corn, and black pepper.

5. 5

   Cook on Low for 1 hour. Turn to High and cook for 1 more hour.