Southwestern Bean Soup

Total Time: 10 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb dry black beans, washed
• 6 cups beef broth or 6 cups beef bouillon
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crush
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground thyme
• 2 ham hocks
• 1 large tomato, diced
• 1/3 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 in crockpot combine all ingredients except sour cream and chopped tomato.
• 2 cook on low about 10 hours or till beans are done.
• 3 remove the hocks; cool and remove lean part of meat, discarding fat and bones.
• 4 return lean part of meat to crockpot and reheat if needed.
• 5 serve topped with sour cream and diced tomato.