Cuban Black Bean Soup

Ingredients

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 cup or 473g

• Chicken Cubes Bouillon

  Knorr Hispanic - Walmart

  2 servings or 12g

• Black Beans

  With Water and Salt - Kroger

  4 cup or 1.03kg

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 ⁵⁄₁₆ cup, chopped or 208g

• Jalapeno peppers

  Raw

  6 ⁷⁄₁₆ pepper or 90g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 tbsp, whole or 6g

• Ground Cumin Spice

  Cain's - Walmart

  1 serving or 1g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ½ tsp, ground or 0.9g

• Thyme

  Spices, dried

  ½ tsp, ground or 0.7g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Smoked Ham Hock

  Freshdirect

  24 oz or 678g

Directions

1. DIRECTIONS Mix onions, garlic, jalapeño pepper, cumin, oregano, thyme and pepper in a 4 1/2-qt or larger slow-cooker. Top with ham hocks and beans; add broth. Cover and cook on low 7 to 9 hours until meat on ham hocks is tender. Lift out ham hocks. When cool enough to handle, remove and discard skin and fat. Remove meat from bones, chop coarsely and return to soup. Stir in lemon juice. Garnish with egg.