Charleston Okra Soup

• 1 each ham bone with some meat still attached
• 3 cups okra thinly sliced
• 6 large tomatoes peeled, seeded, diced
• 1/2 cup green bell peppers cored, seeded, diced
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 small onions diced
• 1 x salt
• 1 x black pepper
• 1 x rice, cooked

1. Put the hambone in a soup pan.
2. Add water to cover.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat.
5. Simmer for 1 hour or longer.
6. Add the okra, tomatoes and green pepper.
7. Melt the butter in a small pan.
8. Saute the onion until golden.
9. Add to the soup.
10. Simmer until the soup is thick, about 2 hours.
11. Remove the hambone.
12. Shred the meat into the soup.
13. Serve over rice in soup bowls.

ham bone, okra, tomatoes, green bell peppers, butter, onions, salt, black pepper, rice

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/charleston-okra-soup-33917 (may not work)