Winter Navy Bean Ham Soup Recipes

NAVY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Place navy beans into a large pot and cover with cold water by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans.
• Use a small piece of kitchen twine to tie parsley and thyme sprigs and bay leaf into a small bundle. Place soaked beans, herb bundle, ham hocks, carrot, onion, and garlic into a large soup pot or Dutch oven. Pour 8 cups cold water over ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until beans and ham hocks are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Turn off heat; remove ham hocks and let cool. When they are cool enough to handle, remove meat from the bones, discarding the bones, fat, and skin. Chop ham into small cubes. Remove and discard herb bundle.
• Transfer about 3 cups cooked beans along with some cooking liquid into a blender; puree beans. Pour pureed beans back into soup, add cooked ham, and bring back to a simmer over medium heat. Season with kosher salt and black pepper to taste.

BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Wash the navy beans thoroughly and pick them over. Discard any damaged or malformed beans and look for small stones.
• Pour the beans into a very large pot and add 2 quarts of water. Place the pot over high heat and bring to a full boil; let boil for 3 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and let beans soak for 2 to 4 hours.
• Add the ham hocks or ham bone to the pot with the soaked beans and their cooking water and bring to a simmer.
• Continue to cook over low heat until the beans are tender, or about 90 minutes.
• Remove the bones and chop the ham, discarding the bones and fat. Reserve the ham on the side.
• Return the chopped ham to the pot. Add the onions, bay leaf, celery, and optional carrots to the pot, as well as the extra leftover chopped ham, if using.
• Add enough water or unsalted vegetable stock to make about 16 cups of liquid. Taste the broth and add salt and pepper, as needed.
• Cook the soup for about 30 minutes to one hour, or until the vegetables are tender and the liquid has thickened a little.

NAVY BEAN AND HAM HOCK SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse and sort the navy beans. Place in a Dutch oven with 8 cups water. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Let stand, covered, until beans are softened, about 5 hours.
• Drain the navy beans and discard the soaking liquid. Rinse beans and return to the Dutch oven. Add ham hocks, chicken broth, 4 cups water, onion, parsley, garlic powder, basil, black pepper, oregano, nutmeg, and bay leaves. Bring soup to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Mix carrots, celery, and potato flakes into the soup until well combined. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes more.
• Take ham hocks from the pot and place on a cutting board until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from the bones and cut into bite-sized pieces. Return meat to the pot and warm through over medium heat, about 3 minutes.

NAVY BEAN (HAM AND BEAN) SOUP

Steps:

• Put beans in a large saucepan and cover with 2 inches of cold water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and summer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cover, and let sit for 1 hour, then drain.
• Tie herbs into a bundle or wrap in a square of cheesecloth.
• In a large pot, combine herbs, beans, ham, onions, carrots, garlic, and water.
• Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 1-2 hours or until the beans are tender.
• Turn off heat, remove ham and allow to cool, then cut into cubes.
• Remove herbs and discard.
• Puree about 3 cups or beans with some of the liquid. (I like my stick blender for this, just be careful because it is super hot!).
• Stir puree and meat back into the remaining soup.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Put in bowls, top with a pat of butter, and serve.

WINTER NAVY BEAN & HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans according to package directions.
• Add Bouillon cubes to 6 cups water.
• Add Chopped Ham.
• Lightly saute onion, celery, garlic in oil, add to stock.
• Add carrots, beans simmer on low 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
• salt and pepper to taste.
• I live right at sea level here in Alaska, so for some reason beans cook faster here, forgot to add that in until after a couple of reviews.

WINTER NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place navy beans in large saucepan, add enough water to cover beans.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour (Or, cover beans with water and soak overnight).
• Drain beans and return to saucepan.
• Stir in 2 1/2 cups water, salt pork, onion, oregano, salt, ginger, sage and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until beans are tender.
• (If necessary, add more water during cooking).
• Add milk and butter, stirring until mixture is heated through and butter is melted.
• Season with additinal salt and pepper.
• I have made this soup with a leftover ham bone with a little meat left on it instead of the salt pork or chopped ham.
• Place the ham bone in the pot before bringing to a boil and remove after the 2 1/2 hours of simmering, scrape and chop any meat left on the bone into the soup.
• Discard bone.