Slow Cooked Ham Bone Soup Recipes

SLOW-COOKER HAM AND BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and celery; cook and stir 5 to 6 minutes or until vegetables soften. Add garlic and thyme; cook and stir 1 minute. Transfer to slow cooker.
• Add broth, black-eyed peas and ham hock to slow cooker.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours or until meat on ham hock is tender and easily separated from bone.
• Remove ham hock. Remove ham from bone; discard bone. Shred ham; return to slow cooker, and stir.
• Skim off any excess fat from top of soup. Add parsley, and serve.

SLOW COOKER HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place 15-bean soup mix in a large bowl and cover with several inches of cool water; soak in refrigerator 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
• Place 15-bean soup mix, ham bone, cooked ham, chicken broth, water, onion, carrots, great Northern beans, garlic, black pepper, salt, and bay leaf in a slow cooker; stir to combine. Cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours.

HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place the ham bone, onion, tomatoes, kidney beans, potatoes, and green pepper into a 3 quart or larger slow cooker. Dissolve the bouillon cubes in water, and pour into the slow cooker.
• Cover, and cook on High until warm. Reduce heat to Low, and continue to cook for 5 to 6 hours.

SLOW COOKER HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine 8 cups water and bouillon cubes in a slow cooker; stir until bouillon is dissolved. Add tomatoes, beans, ham bone, potatoes, onion, and leftover ham. Cook on Low until ham is coming off the bone, about 8 hours. Taste and add another cup of water if too salty.
• When the soup is almost done, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
• Drain macaroni and add desired amount to the soup.
• Remove ham bone. Shred meat and discard bone. Return meat to the soup, stir to combine, and serve.

SLOW COOKED HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Pick over the dry beans and discard any broken or shriveled looking ones. Rinse beans several times. Place in a 6 ½ quart crock pot with about 3 quarts water, the vinegar and 2 Tbsp Cajun seasoning. Set on warm and allow beans to soak overnight about 10 to 12 hours.
• 2. The next morning, drain the beans and discard the water. Place beans back into the slow cooker along with the ham bone. Add chicken broth, enough to cover beans and ham bone. Add remaining ingredients (except for the diced tomatoes) and add the remaining 1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning. Turn cooker to HIGH and cook beans until they're tender and cooked through, 6 to 7 hours.
• 3. The last hour of cooking remove ham bone and cut any meat left on bone and return to cooker. Add tomatoes. Adding tomatoes sooner may work against the beans becoming soft causing them to be tough.
• 4. Serve with cornbread or a nice crusty roll.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL AND HAM SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3 1/2 quart or larger slow cooker combine the lentils, celery, carrots, onion, garlic and ham. Season with basil, thyme, oregano, the bay leaf and pepper. Stir in the chicken broth, water and tomato sauce. Cover and cook on Low for 11 hours. Discard the bay leaf before serving.