It’s always a good idea to have a good Ham and Bean Soup Recipe for those times when you get ambitious and cook a ham, because you will inevitably have some left over. Well we do at least! The “leftover” soup is the best part anyway. This Ham and Bean Soup is low-fat too, which is perfect for me because when we cook a ham it’s usually for a family get together with lots of other cheesy, high-fat, high-sugar foods. This is a welcomed change!
Try my other popular soups too:
Chicken Noodle Soup
Crab Chowder with Corn and Basil
Copycat Chili’s Enchilada Soup
Ham and Bean Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry navy beans
- 1 to 1-1/2 pounds meaty ham bone
- 4 cups chicken broth {or water}
- 1-1/2 cups sliced celery {6 stalks}
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3/4 tsp dried thyme, crushed
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp salt + more if desired
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Rinse bean. In a large saucepan combine beans and 4 cups water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans
- In a slow cooker combine meaty ham bone, celery, onion, garlic, thyme, cumin, salt and pepper and bay leaf. Stir in the beans and 4 cups fresh water or chicken broth
- Cover and cook on low-heat for 6-8 hours, depending on your slow cooker, or 4-6 hours on high heat
- Discard bay leaf. Remove meat; coarsely chop. Slightly mash beans then return meat.
- Cover; cook on high heat setting 5-10 minutes more until heated through
This looks delicious!! Love ham anything 🙂
Might have to make this for my next dinner party – my friends would all love it. Pinned!
Here it is, one of my all time fave soups, but I see a few surprises in there with the spicing! I bet it’s delish!!
Thanks for linking up to Throwback Thursday! I can’t wait to see what you’ll be bringing next week!
Mollie
This sounds delicious & would make a great meal during the upcoming cold & snowy months. I have a ham bone in the freezer. Thanks for sharing on Sunday’s Best Linkup. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.
Author
We really enjoyed it Rhonda!!! Thank heavens for ward soup during these cold days.!.
I always have good intentions to make something like this, and then the ham bone sits in my fridge until I give up and toss it. NEXT TIME! lol. Thanks for sharing on Weekend Bites
Author
I know how that is for sure Adelina! I was really happy about doing something with the ham this go around 🙂 It was delicious.
This look delicious! I can’t wait to try it.
Author
You will love it!