Portuguese Bean Soup Recipe - (4.5/5)

Ingredients

• 2 ham hocks
• 1 10-ounce mild Portuguese sausage, thickly sliced
• 1 chorizo sausage, peeled and broken into pieces
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 2 quarts water (8 cups)
• 4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 2 celery rib, chopped
• 2 large carrots, chopped
• 1 (15-ounce) can whole stewed tomatoes, broken with your hands
• 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
• 1/3 cup cider vinegar
• 2/3 cup elbow macaroni
• 3 to 4 cups cabbage, roughly cut
• 2 (15-ounce) cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper