Hearty Ham And Vegetable Bean Soup Recipes

HEARTY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute onion and green pepper in butter for 3 minutes. Add the garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Transfer to a Dutch oven or soup kettle. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 20 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

HEARTY HAM AND BEAN SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Bring the water and beans to a boil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven; boil for 2 minutes.
• Remove the beans from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour.
• Add the ham and ham bone or ham hock to the beans, along with onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf, and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Skim any foam from top.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until beans are tender-about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. If soup is too thick, add a little more water.
• Take out ham bone or ham hocks from the soup, if using, and place on cutting board.
• Dice or shred the meat and return it to the soup.
• Add the tomato sauce and salt, to taste, and simmer for about 15 minutes longer.
• Remove the bay leaf .

HEARTY HAM AND VEGETABLE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook pasta until al dente (tender but firm).
• Drain and rinse under cold water.
• In a large Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat and cook onions until softened.
• Add stock, carrots, garlic, sweet pepper and zucchini; bring to a simmer and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in pasta, tomatoes, ham, beans, chick peas, and the rest of ingredients.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Enjoy!

HEARTY HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil in a large dutch oven or stockpot over MED HIGH. Once hot, add the ham bone and brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Set ham bone aside on a plate.
• Reduce heat to MED, and add carrots, celery, and onion. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring often, until softened.
• Add garlic and cook another minute.
• Add beans, diced ham, Italian seasoning, cumin, thyme, black pepper, rosemary, and red pepper flakes (if using). Pour in chicken broth, water, and add bay leaves (if using), then give everything a gentle stir.
• Return ham bone to the pot, nestling it in, along with any juices that have accumulated on the plate (those are full of flavor).
• Increase heat to MED HIGH and cover. Once soup has come to a high simmer or gentle boil, reduce heat to MED LOW and simmer for about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally, as the beans and ham can settle to the bottom and you don't want them to scorch.
• Remove ham bone and bay leaves (if used), and give the soup a taste. If needed, add a pinch of salt. Ham bones contain a lot of sodium, so I prefer to add the salt afterwards, if needed. Serve hot.

BASIC HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the beans, sorting out any broken or discolored ones. In a large pot over high heat, bring the water to a boil. Add the salt and the beans and remove from heat. Let beans sit in the hot water for at least 60 minutes.
• After the 60 minutes of soaking, return the pot to high heat and place the ham bone, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, mustard and bay leaves in the pot. Stir well, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 60 more minutes.
• Remove ham bone and discard. Stir in the chopped ham and simmer for 30 more minutes. Season with ground white pepper to taste.

HAM AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham hocks, carrots, celery, onion and water in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 hours or until meat starts to all off the bones. , Add potatoes and vegetables; bring to a boil oil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove hocks; allow to cool. Remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Return meat to kettle. Stir in bean and bacon soup and pepper; heat through.

HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Add ham to water in large dutch oven or stock pot.
• Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 2 hours or so.
• Remove ham from water and put water in fridge until cooled completely. Pick and chop any meat from bone to add to soup.
• Gently remove hardened fat from top of broth with a slotted spoon and discard fat.
• Add chopped vegetables, tomatoes and garlic to broth and bring to a boil, simmer for about 20 minute
• Add chopped meat and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Taste broth, and add chicken soup base to your desired taste.
• Add more water and soup base as needed.
• You can also add a can of kidney or other type of beans and/or 2 cups of kernel corn, green or yellow beans or diced potatoes if you desire.
• This recipe is very versatile and you can add in whatever you personally like in the way of vegetables.
• You can even leave out the ham and use chicken, beef or vegetable soup base.

HEARTY HAM AND THREE-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in 3- or 4-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium heat.
• Cook 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender and soup is slightly thickened.

HEARTY HAM BONE BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham bone in a large slow cooker.
• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute celery, onion, and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture over the ham bone in the slow cooker.
• Saute carrots, potatoes, and red bell pepper in the same saucepan until coated in oil, about 1 minute. Transfer vegetables to the slow cooker; add water, black beans, vegetable juice, corn, tomatoes, green chiles, cumin, salt, and black pepper. Cover and cook on High until soup is warm, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low; continue to cook for 5 to 6 hours.
• Remove ham bone from the soup. Separate meat from the bone and return to the soup; discard the bone. Cover soup and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight. Discard thick fat on the top of the soup and reheat.