Recipe: Tasty Ham and Bean Soup

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Ham and Bean Soup. To make this Ham and Bean Soup recipe even quicker, substitute cubed cooked ham for the ham hocks and canned beans for the dry beans. Either method you choose, you'll be left with an easy Ham and Bean Soup that's the perfect partner for a slice of cornbread. Got a ham bone on leftover from the holidays?

Ham and Bean Soup Then it simmers all day, producing a rich and flavorful soup with hardly any effort. Delicious recipe I changed a couple of things. I have made this a couple times already it remains our favorite ham and bean soup. You can have Ham and Bean Soup using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ham and Bean Soup

  1. It's of Cooked diced ham.
  2. Prepare of Chicken broth.
  3. It's of Great Northern Beans or 1lb dry.
  4. It's of medium Idaho Potatoes.
  5. Prepare of Kosher Salt.
  6. You need of Course Black Pepper.
  7. Prepare of Nature Seasoning.
  8. It's of Thyme.
  9. It's of Basil.
  10. It's of Crushed Red Pepper.

I did add chicken stock for some of the liquid. Stir in the beans, water, ham, potatoes, carrot, Worcestershire sauce, salt, thyme, pepper and bay leaves. Remove ham bone; and set aside until cool enough to handle. White beans, ham shanks, onions, celery, carrots, garlic, Tabasco, and herbs make this delicious ham and bean soup a cool weather classic.

Ham and Bean Soup step by step

  1. If you are using dry beans make sure to cover in about 2 inches of water overnight with a little bit of baking soda in it. Drain & rinse well before adding to the cooking pot..
  2. Once that is taken care of, add all of the ingredients to the crock pot & cook on low..
  3. If no crockpot, add the beans and the rest of the ingredients to the cooking pot and bring to a boil..
  4. Now that it is boiling turn down to a simmer stirring every 20 minutes for 90-120 minutes or until the meat, potatoes, & beans are tender..

Photography Credit: Elise Bauer When the weather turns cold, and all you want to do is stay cozy and warm, the best thing to do is to make a big pot of hearty soup. Slow Cooker Maple and Beer Braised ham is perfect for holiday meals. The beer and maple syrup with a hint of cloves add amazing flavor to this ham. I prefer to use a bone-in ham as the bone gives the ham superior flavor and is perfect for leftovers in my Ham and Bean soup. I have made the Beans and Ham soup.