Ham And White Bean Soup Food

WHITE BEAN AND HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine ham bone and 4 quarts of water in a large stock pot of Dutch oven at least the night before. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 12 hours.
• In the meantime, place beans in a large pot with water to cover; soak overnight. Drain beans the next day and return to the pot.
• Remove ham bone from the pot and pick off any edible meat. Strain the stock and measure out 3 quarts for the soup. Remaining stock can be frozen.
• Pour 3 quarts of stock over the soaked beans. Add ham, celery, carrots, onion, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover, tilting the lid to allow steam to escape, and simmer until beans are tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Add sherry in the last 30 minutes of cooking and season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with fresh parsley.

WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Put smoked ham hock, beans, and liquid together in large saucepan.
• Turn heat on to medium high.
• Add onions.
• Bring mixture to a boil.
• Turn heat down to medium low and cover with tilted lid to only cover partially.
• Cook, stirring occasionally until beans are very soft and meat is falling apart at least one hour.
• Turn off heat.
• Remove meat and chop it up if desired and return to pot.
• Serve with cornbread.
• Yummy!

HAM AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the dry beans: Fill a pot large enough to hold the beans with water and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat, add the beans and soak for about 2 hours. Drain the water.
• Simmer the ham: While the beans are soaking in step 1, put the ham shanks or ham hocks in a separate large pot and cover them with 2 quarts of water. Add the herbes de Provence or Italian seasoning. Warm on high heat until the water comes to a simmer, then lower the heat, partially cover and maintain the simmer for about an hour.
• Sauté the onions: Heat olive oil in a small sauté pan on medium high heat. Add the chopped onions and cook until translucent, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook a minute more.
• Add vegetables and beans to the ham broth: Once the ham hocks or shanks have been simmering for an hour, add the drained soaked beans from step 1, the cooked onions and garlic, and the chopped celery and carrots.
• Simmer the soup: Cook for another 40 minutes or so, uncovered, until the vegetables are soft and the ham meat easily pulls away from the bone. Remove the ham bones from the soup and pull off any meat and return it to the soup. Discard the bones.
• Season to taste: Add several drops of Tabasco to taste. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with a pinch of chopped fresh parsley.

WHITE BEAN AND HAM SOUP - RECIPE

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in salt water, drain.
• In bottom of stock pot, add oil and sauté onions and garlic over medium heat until softened (about 4 to 5 minutes).
• Remove from heat.
• Add remaining vegetables, seasonings, ham shank, drained beans, parmesan rind, and chicken stock or broth.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove ham shank and rind from soup. Allow ham shank to cool slightly. Remove meat from bone. Discard bones, fat, and skin. Add meat to soup.
• Continue cooking on simmer for an additional 30 to 45 minutes or until beans are soft.

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 WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Season onion with Italian seasoning. Continue to cook and stir for 1 more minute.
• Stir chicken broth, white beans, tomatoes, cabbage, ham, and celery into the pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low; simmer until celery and cabbage are tender, 15 to 20 minutes.

HAM AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cook, covered, on low for 6-8 hours. If desired, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

RUTH'S WHITE BEAN AND HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Mash one can of beans and set aside.
• In a large saucepan, saute the carrots and onions in butter.
• Stir in the water, ham, seasonings and whole and mashed beans and cook over medium heat until heated through.

WHITE BEAN 'N' HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Mash one can of beans; set aside. In a large saucepan, saute the carrots and onion in butter. Stir in the water, ham, seasonings and whole and mashed beans; cook over medium heat until heated through. Discard bay leaf.

HANOVER OLD FASHIONED HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook ham in water 2 to 3 hours or until meat is tender.
• Remove meat from bone and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Add celery, onions and carrots to broth; simmer until vegetables are tender.
• Add ham, beans and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• Notes: Use the large size can of beans in this recipe. You can also use ham flavered soup base 2 teaspoons should do. Enjoy.

HAM, WHITE BEAN AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until just crisp, turning several times, about 4 minutes; remove bacon, crumble and set aside.
• Add onion and celery to skillet; cook until softened, about 5 minutes; stir in garlic, cook 1 minute; stir in spinach, cook until wilted, about 2 minutes.
• Season with red pepper flakes, allspice, salt and black pepper; add chicken broth, tomatoes, beans, ham, sage, thyme and parsley; cook until flavors blend about 20 minutes.

MOM'S HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place Great Northern beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain water and transfer beans to a large stockpot.
• Mix ham hocks, water, celery, onion, carrot, garlic, thyme, black pepper, and bay leaf with beans in the stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until ham is coming off the bones, about 2 hours.
• Remove ham hocks from soup. Cut meat from bones, discarding fat and bones. Return meat to the pot. Continue cooking until beans reach desired softness.