Hearty Ham Bone Soup

Ingredients

• tablespoon sbacon grease
• large onion, diced
• carrots, peeled and diced
• stalk scelery, diced
• clove sgarlic, crushed
• medium potatoes, diced
• cup shot water
• cubeschicken bouillon
• ham bone
• (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1/2(16 ounce) packagefrozen corn
• (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• teaspoon black pepper or to taste
• pinch of salt or to taste

Instructions

1. Gather all ingredients. Allrecipes/Christina Bailey
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. Allrecipes/Christina Bailey
3. Stir potatoes into onion mixture; cook and stir until golden, about 10 minutes. Allrecipes/Christina Bailey
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. Allrecipes/Christina Bailey
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. Allrecipes/Christina Bailey