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    Amazingly Easy Navy Bean and Ham Soup

    January 3, 2017 Filed Under: Soups and Stews

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

    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

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    Ingredients
     

    • 1 pound dried navy beans (or 3-4 cans (15.5 ounce canned beans))
    • ½ 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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    Comments

    1. Lisa/Syncopated Mama

      January 03, 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 03, 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 05, 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 05, 2017 at 9:24 am

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

    3. Tammy

      January 05, 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 05, 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 05, 2017 at 8:07 pm

      One of my favorites!

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 07, 2017 at 9:36 am

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

    5. Maria Magdalena

      January 08, 2017 at 7:09 pm

      My favorite! It will be perfect for rainy day

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 09, 2017 at 3:48 pm

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

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