Hearty Ham Bone Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons bacon grease
• 1 large onion , diced
• 2 carrots , peeled and diced
• 3 stalks celery , diced
• 2 cloves garlic , crushed
• 3 medium potatoes , diced
• 8 cups hot water
• 8 cubess chicken bouillon
• 1 ham bone
• 1 , 14 ounce
• ½ , 16 ounce
• 1 , 8 ounce
• 1 teaspoon black pepper or to taste
• pinch of salt or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients.

2. 2

   Melt bacon grease in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in hot bacon grease until vegetables are slightly tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Stir potatoes into onion mixture; cook and stir until golden, about 10 minutes.

4. 4

   Stir hot water and chicken bouillon together in a slow cooker until bouillon is dissolved; add onion mixture, ham bone, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, black pepper, and salt.

5. 5

   Cook soup in the slow cooker set to Low for 4 to 6 hours. Remove ham bone from soup and let rest until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from ham bone and stir meat into soup.