Holiday Spiral Ham And Lima Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package dried lima beans
2 quarts water
1 ham bone with meat
1 large onion, sliced
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (optional)
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Place lima beans in a large bowl and cover with several inches of water; soak 8 hours to overnight.
Bring water, ham bone, and onion to a boil in a pot. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until onion is tender, about 1 hour.
Drain and rinse lima beans and add to the pot with the ham bone. Add brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, dry mustard, and salt. Simmer, covered, about 2 hours. Uncover and continue simmering soup until beans are tender, about 30 minutes more.
Remove ham bone from soup; cut the meat into bite-sized pieces. Discard bone and return meat to the soup.