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Amazingly Easy Navy Bean and Ham Soup

January 3, 2017 Filed Under: Soups and Stews

This creamy Navy Bean and Ham Soup is the perfect way to warm up on a chilly day and clean out the freezer/pantry at the same time.

navy bean soup

If it were summer I would have opted for some baked beans, but we have had a chilly wet spell the last few weeks here in drought parched California, so I wanted soup. And the ham bone from Christmas dinner was taking up too much space in the freezer.

You can make these with any beans, I happened to have dry navy beans on hand. You can use canned if you have that. And the same basic recipe can be used to make split pea soup.

I served it with homemade cornbread and we had a great dinner as well as a few lunches of leftovers for me. Mmmmm!

 

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Navy Bean and Ham Soup

Navy Bean and Ham Soup, simple yet delicious soup made with a leftover ham bone and dried beans. Perfect winter soup. 
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound dried navy beans or 3-4 cans (15.5 ounce canned beans)
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3+ quarts water
  • 1 ham bone with some meat still on the bone

Instructions
 

  • Soak beans overnight or perform a quick soak by putting beans in a large pot and covering with water 1 inch higher than the level of beans. Bring to a boil then turn off heat and let sit one hour.
  • Drain the water from soaked or canned beans.
  • In a large stock pot, heat the oil, onions and garlic over medium heat and cook until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • Add softened beans, ham bone and 3 quarts of water. Bring to a boil then simmer for 1-2 hours until beans are very soft.
  • Remove ham bone. Remove meat from bone and chop into small bits.
  • Using a hand blender puree the beans until smooth adding additional water if too thick.
  • If you don't have a hand blender you can pour the beans and water into a blender or food processor and puree in batches.
  • Add ham to pureed beans and serve.

Notes

This recipe uses navy beans, but you can use other kinds of beans as well as split peas instead.

 

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Lisa/Syncopated Mama

    January 3, 2017 at 7:30 am

    I love soup with ham in it like that! Hope you’re having a great week, so far!

    Reply
    • Audrey

      January 3, 2017 at 3:17 pm

      Thanks, Lisa. I never throw out bones because I know I can make soup or stock out of them.

  2. Ashley @ Forgetful Momma

    January 5, 2017 at 8:21 am

    Looks delicious! I love soups this time of the year, too bad my kids seem to have a hate on for them.

    Reply
    • Audrey

      January 5, 2017 at 9:24 am

      I wish I could get my family to appreciate soup as much as I do too.

  3. Tammy

    January 5, 2017 at 8:22 am

    I love bean soup! Do you have directions for how you made yours? I keep my ham bones too for yummy soups.

    Reply
    • Audrey

      January 5, 2017 at 9:20 am

      What a dork I am, I forgot to add the recipe to the post! Thanks for letting me know. All fixed now.

  4. kristin mccarthy

    January 5, 2017 at 8:07 pm

    One of my favorites!

    Reply
    • Audrey

      January 7, 2017 at 9:36 am

      Thanks. It is so warm and filling which is perfect for this cold weather.

  5. Maria Magdalena

    January 8, 2017 at 7:09 pm

    My favorite! It will be perfect for rainy day

    Reply
    • Audrey

      January 9, 2017 at 3:48 pm

      What is the weather like in your country this time of year?

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