Succotash Soup With Black Pepper Croutons Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large saucepan, simmer ham hock in water until tender, 1-1/2 hours. Cool; remove meat from the bone and return to pan. (Discard bone and broth or save for another use.) Add the tomatoes, beans, peas, corn, green pepper, onion, ketchup and seasonings. Simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes. Add okra; simmer, uncovered, until tender, 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf before serving. Garnish with dill and chives, if desired.

Steps:

• Fry bacon in Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon and crumble; set aside.
• Add onion and celery and cook 5 minutes until tender. Stir in flour, cook one minutes to a thin paste. Stir in chicken broth. Bring to a boil, stirring, until slightly thickened.
• Add bacon, corn, lima beans, bay leaf, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in half and half. taste and adjust seasonings. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion with a pinch of salt in hot butter and oil until onion is softened and slightly golden, 6 to 7 minutes. Add red bell pepper, jalapeno, and garlic; cook and stir until peppers are fragrant and softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir tomatoes, cumin, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into onion mixture; cook and stir until heated through, 1 to 3 minutes. Add zucchini, green beans, water, and a pinch of salt; cook until zucchini are almost tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir corn and lima beans into zucchini mixture until heated through, about 3 to 5 minutes more. Season with salt.

Steps:

• Boil lima beans for ten minutes.
• Drain, rinse and drain again.
• Layer bacon on bottom of crockpot.
• Pour beans on top.
• Pour tomatoes (with juice) and corn (with juice) on top.
• Break up tomatoes if they're whole.
• Add broth and water.
• Cook on high for 3-4 hours (or low for 6-8 hours).
• Stir and serve.