In the realm of hearty and comforting dishes, Old Fashioned Bean and Ham Soup reigns supreme. This classic soup is a symphony of flavors and textures, featuring tender beans, savory ham, and a rich, flavorful broth. Whether you're looking for a warm and satisfying meal on a chilly day or a nostalgic taste of home cooking, this soup is sure to hit the spot. Our collection of recipes offers a variety of takes on this timeless dish, from traditional versions to more modern interpretations. From the classic combination of beans, ham, and vegetables to creative variations with added spices, herbs, and even different types of beans, there's a recipe here to suit every taste. So gather your ingredients, fire up the stove, and let's embark on a culinary journey that will warm your heart and soul.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
OLD-FASHIONED HAM AND BEAN SOUP
Steps:
- Prepare the beans: rinse and discard broken or discolored ones. Bring water to a boil and flavor it with salt. Remove from heat and add the beans. Let the beans soften in the hot water for at least 1 hour.
- After soaking, place the pot on high heat and add the ham bone, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, mustard powder, and bay leaves. Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce to low heat and let the soup simmer for 1 more hour.
- Remove the ham bone and stir in the chopped ham. Let it simmer for 30 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with ground white pepper to taste. Serve hot and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 257 cal
QUICK HAM AND BEAN SOUP
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, saute the carrots, celery and onion in butter until tender. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook for 15 minutes or until heated through. Discard bay leaf.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 168 calories, Fat 7g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 30mg cholesterol, Sodium 1242mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 12g protein.
BASIC HAM AND BEAN SOUP
Hearty ham and bean soup. Easy to make and a great way to use a leftover ham bone. This soup also has lots of mixed vegetables.
Provided by J. A. McConville
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Beans and Peas
Time 3h
Yield 9
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Rinse the beans, sorting out any broken or discolored ones. In a large pot over high heat, bring the water to a boil. Add the salt and the beans and remove from heat. Let beans sit in the hot water for at least 60 minutes.
- After the 60 minutes of soaking, return the pot to high heat and place the ham bone, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, mustard and bay leaves in the pot. Stir well, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 60 more minutes.
- Remove ham bone and discard. Stir in the chopped ham and simmer for 30 more minutes. Season with ground white pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 256.9 calories, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 30 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 9 g, Protein 18.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 771.4 mg, Sugar 1.5 g
OLD FASHIONED HAM AND BEANS
Grandma always made bean soup in the week after Easter with the left-over ham bone and meat.
Provided by Kathie Carr
Categories Bean Soups
Time 2h20m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Combine the beans (which were soaked in water overnight and drained), ham, ham bone, brown sugar, onion, garlic salt, and black pepper in a soup kettle.
- 2. Pour enough water into the kettle to cover the mixture by about 2 inches.
- 3. Simmer 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally, or until beans are done and mixture has blended flavors well.
OLD FASHIONED BEAN AND HAM SOUP
This is the stuff I grew up on; beans, ham and lots of flavor. Serve it with cornbread and it makes the perfect winter soup.
Provided by angie_pangie
Categories Beans
Time 3h20m
Yield 1 cup, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Sort and rinse the beans and place in a 4 1/2 quart (or larger) dutch oven.
- Add 8 cups of water. Bring to boiling and reduce heat.
- Simmer, uncovered, 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
- Alternatively, place beans in dutch oven and cover with 8 cups of water. Cover and let soak overnight. (Do not do this step if you do steps #1-3.).
- Drain and rinse beans.
- Put the beans back in the dutch oven and add 4 cups of water and remaining ingredients (except red onion).
- Bring to a boil and reduce heat.
- Simmer, covered, for 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 hours or until the beans are tender and beginning to split.
- Check beans occasionally during cooking. Add water if necessary, or you can remove the lid the last 10 minutes of cooking if the beans are too runny.
- Remove from heat.
- Remove pork hock and cool slightly. Trim off meat and chop, return meat to the beans. Heat through.
- Add salt to taste if your pork isn't very salty.
- Top with red onion, if desired.
- To serve, place a piece of cornbread in a bowl and spoon the soup over the cornbread.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 57.6, Fat 0.7, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 126, Carbohydrate 11.4, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 1.1, Protein 4.2
OLD FASHIONED BEAN AND HAM SOUP
I took a little from one recipe and a little from another recipe to come up with the kind of bean soup we like....putting it here for safe keeping....
Provided by CIndytc
Categories Stocks
Time 3h45m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Put rinsed beans in pan and cover up to 2 inches past beans in large pot -- let sit overnight.
- Drain, put beans back in pot, add water and the rest of ingredients.
- Bring to boil, turn to simmer and cover.
- Simmer for at least 3 hours or until beans are soft.
- Take out bones and dice up any meat on bones and put back into pot -- You can add more ham if you want.
- Discard fat and bones.
- Season to taste with pepper and salt and parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 314, Fat 1, SaturatedFat 0.3, Sodium 39.1, Carbohydrate 60.3, Fiber 17.5, Sugar 3.8, Protein 18.1
OLD-FASHIONED BEAN SOUP
I found this recipe on-line and this is what is stated about the recipe: "adapted from A Taste of South Africa by Magdaleen van Wyk"
Provided by diner524
Categories South African
Time 1h35m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place meat, bacon and broth in a pot and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
- Heat oil in pan and saute onion, celery and carrot for 10 minutes. Add vegetables to the meat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add salt and pepper and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 703.3, Fat 35.2, SaturatedFat 13, Cholesterol 147.8, Sodium 2851, Carbohydrate 40.5, Fiber 15.8, Sugar 2.1, Protein 54.8
OLD FASHIONED BEAN SOUP
This is a no fail easy to make recipe. The soup is thick and rich with lots of flavour. I've made it with leftover whole ham with bone, which keeps down the fat content. The original recipe came from a magazine over 20 years ago. It's best when made with left over mashed potatoes.
Provided by CgyVegan
Categories Ham
Time 4h
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Wash beans, discarding imperfect ones. Cover beans with 2 1/2 quarts water; refrigerate, covered, overnight.
- Next day, turn beans and water (there should be 6 cups) into 6-quart kettle.
- Add ham hocks, onion, garlic and bay leaf. Bring to boiling; reduce heat, and simmer, covered tightly, about 2 hours, or until the beans are almost tender.
- Add mashed potato, celery, carrot, salt and pepper. Return to boiling; simmer, covered, about 1 hour longer, or until beans are tender.
- Remove ham hocks; cut off meat. Dice meat, and return to kettle. Just before serving, sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 457.8, Fat 1.4, SaturatedFat 0.5, Cholesterol 1.1, Sodium 803.3, Carbohydrate 85.9, Fiber 20.1, Sugar 6.9, Protein 28.6
HAM, BEAN AND POTATO SOUP
When I was a cook in a restaurant years ago, this was our best-selling soup. One taste and your family will agree it's a winner!
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 50m
Yield 8 servings (2 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, saute the ham, onion and garlic in butter until onion is tender. Add the next seven ingredients; cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Add peas and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes longer. Stir in parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 185 calories, Fat 7g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 30mg cholesterol, Sodium 1079mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 13g protein.
NAVY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM
Use smoked ham hocks to add hearty flavor to a navy bean soup made from scratch.
Provided by jerry_smart
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Beans and Peas
Time 2h50m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 339.5 calories, Carbohydrate 39.3 g, Cholesterol 34 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Fiber 15.4 g, Protein 20.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 110.7 mg, Sugar 2.3 g
GRANDMA B'S BEAN SOUP
An ancient family recipe...best cooked in a slow cooker. The longer it cooks, the better it tastes.
Provided by RENEE R
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Beans and Peas
Time 16h15m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Place the beans in a slow cooker with enough water to cover, and soak 6 to 8 hours, or overnight.
- Drain the beans, and return to the slow cooker. Cover with water, and mix in the carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, and ham.
- Cover slow cooker, and cook soup on High for 3 1/2 hours. Switch to Low, and continue cooking at least 6 1/2 hours. The longer it cooks the more flavorful it becomes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 324 calories, Carbohydrate 47.2 g, Cholesterol 18.9 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 16 g, Protein 18.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 464.9 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
Tips:
- Soak the beans overnight. This will help to reduce the cooking time and make the beans more tender. If you don't have time to soak the beans overnight, you can quick-soak them by boiling them for 2 minutes, then removing them from the heat and letting them stand for 1 hour.
- Use a variety of beans. This will give your soup a more complex flavor and texture. Some good options include navy beans, Great Northern beans, and pinto beans.
- Don't overcook the beans. They should be tender but still hold their shape. If you overcook them, they will become mushy.
- Use a good quality ham bone. This will give your soup a rich, smoky flavor. You can use a ham bone from a leftover ham or you can buy one at the grocery store.
- Add vegetables to your soup. This will make it more nutritious and flavorful. Some good options include carrots, celery, onions, and potatoes.
- Season your soup to taste. This may include adding salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
Conclusion:
Old Fashioned Bean and Ham Soup is a delicious and hearty soup that is perfect for a cold winter day. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. So next time you're looking for a comforting and flavorful soup, give this recipe a try.
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