Ham & Beans

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Ingredients

• 2 lbs dry navy beans, rinsed
• half of small onion diced
• 1-2 medium carrots diced
• 1 stalk of celery diced
• 1 cup of diced ham
• Better Than Bouillon Ham Base
• hickory smoked salt
• water
• 7 quart jars, lids and rings

Details

Servings 7
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 120mins
Adapted from farmgirltails.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Then in no particular order I add the following in each quart jar:

3/4 cup dry navy beans (do not soak beans), rinsed
1 Tbsp onion, diced
3 Tbsp chopped ham
1 Tbsp carrot, diced
1 Tbsp celery, diced
1/4 tsp hickory smoked salt (any seasoned or plain salt will work or omit)
2 tsp Ham Base powder

After this I add water to fill to the 1 inch head space. Wipe rim of jar with clean cloth. Affix lid and ring and place in pressure canner.

Process at 10 lbs. for 90 minutes.