NEW YEAR SOUP

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Yield 6-8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

1/2 lb collard greens, stems removed & chopped
1/2 lb cooked ham, diced
2 - 15 oz cans black eye peas
1 small onion, diced
1 large carrot, diced
5 chipotle chiles, chopped
1 can of Ro-tel
1 teaspoon thyme
4 cups chicken broth
2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
pinch of salt
2 tablespoon bacon grease (olive oil or veggie oil, fine)
salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

In large pot, cook the onion and carrots in bacon grease on medium-high heat for 10 minutes, until onions turn golden. Add garlic and cook for three more minutes. Add to the pot the collard greens, vinegar, sugar, ham, chicken stock, chipotles, rotel tomatoes and thyme. Bring pot to a boil and then simmer for half and hour, stirring occasionally. Take on can of black-eye peas and roughly mash with a fork. Add these and other can of black eyes peas to the pot. Continue to simmer for another 45 minutes.