Indulge in a hearty and flavorful culinary experience with our tantalizing White Bean and Ham Hock Soup, complemented by the freshness of arugula and the crispy texture of cornbread croutons. This delectable soup is a symphony of flavors, textures, and aromas that will warm your soul and satisfy your taste buds. Dive into the creamy broth infused with the smoky essence of ham hock, tender white beans, aromatic vegetables, and a touch of herbs and spices. Each spoonful promises a delightful journey, while the crisp arugula and crunchy cornbread croutons add a delightful contrast that elevates the overall experience. Whether you're seeking a comforting meal on a chilly day or a hearty addition to your dinner spread, this White Bean and Ham Hock Soup is sure to become a favorite. Embrace the culinary adventure and explore the detailed recipes provided within this article to recreate this exquisite dish in your own kitchen.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
HAM AND WHITE BEAN SOUP
I came up with this recipe when I wanted to make dinner in the slow cooker but didn't have time to go to the grocery store. I went through my freezer and cupboards, throwing in what I thought would go well together. -Stacey Cornell, Saratoga Springs, New York
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 6h20m
Yield 12 servings (3 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cook, covered, on low for 6-8 hours. If desired, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 102 calories, Fat 1g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 808mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 8g 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
NAVY BEAN AND HAM HOCK SOUP
Ham hock soup with navy beans is an easy, delicious, economical, heartwarming, one-pot meal that will warm you up on a cold night!
Provided by Culinary Envy
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Beans and Peas
Time 7h40m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 15
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 412.7 calories, Carbohydrate 30.1 g, Cholesterol 65.5 mg, Fat 20.7 g, Fiber 10.7 g, Protein 26.4 g, SaturatedFat 7.1 g, Sodium 126.5 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
WHITE BEAN AND HAM HOCK SOUP WITH ARUGULA AND CORN BREAD CROUTONS
Steps:
- Make soup:
- Soak beans in cold water to cover overnight (8 hours). Drain and rinse well.
- Simmer ham hocks in 6 cups water in a 3-quart saucepan, partially covered, skimming foam as necessary, 1 hour. Reserve 4 cups cooking liquid and drain ham hocks.
- Heat bacon drippings in an 8-quart heavy pot over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then cook onion and garlic, stirring, until softened. Add tomatoes and thyme and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add soaked beans, broth, ham hocks, and reserved cooking liquid and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender, about 1 hour.
- Make croutons while soup simmers:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Melt butter with garlic and toss together with corn bread cubes in a shallow baking pan. Toast in middle of oven until lightly browned and crisp on the outside, about 15 minutes.
- Prepare soup for serving:
- Remove ham hocks and shred meat. Return meat to soup and stir in arugula. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until greens are tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and Tabasco.
- Serve soup topped with croutons.
HAM AND BEAN SOUP
This is easily the best Ham and Bean Soup we've ever had! It's a simple, adaptable recipe, perfect with chunks of crusty bread.
Provided by Kaitlin
Categories Soup
Time 5h20m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat a Dutch oven (you can also use a thick-bottomed soup pot, but may need to stir more often to prevent burning) over medium heat for about 3 minutes or so, until it's nice and hot. Add the oil and the onions. Cook until the onions begin to turn translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in the chopped celery and carrots, and cook for an additional 5-6 minutes. Add the beans, followed by the water. Increase the heat to high.
- Add the bay leaves, dried thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, white pepper, black pepper, paprika, and chicken bouillon paste. (If you don't have chicken bouillon paste, simply use chicken stock in place of the water.) Bring to a boil.
- Stir in the ham. I like to cut it into big shards/shreds for extra texture. (Sarah likes hers cubed and orderly though. I won't judge either way!) If you're using a ham hock instead of ham, you can add it in now.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low so the soup is at a somewhat energetic simmer--it should always be at a low bubble. Cook for 4-5 hours, stirring periodically. If the soup isn't cooking down, you may want to increase the heat to medium. Every stove is different, so don't just set it and forget it. Periodically check liquid levels.
- In the last hour of cooking, add the fresh parsley, and cook for another hour. It's done when the beans and carrots are tender, and the soup is thickened. If you used a ham hock, fish out any bones, and chop up any large pieces of meat and skin (keeping the skin is optional) that don't break down during the cooking process before serving.
- This soup is quite forgiving. If it ends up too salty for your tastes, just add water, and lightly mash some of the beans to release their starchiness and re-thicken the soup. If you are reheating the soup and there is not enough liquid, just add 1-2 cups of water to bring it back to your desired consistency.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 317 kcal, Carbohydrate 40 g, Protein 19 g, Fat 9 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Sodium 906 mg, Fiber 12 g, Sugar 5 g, ServingSize 1 serving
WHITE NAVY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM HOCKS
Ham hocks are available at your butcher. Okay, you might not have one. Do yourself a favor, and get to know one. If that means that you actually have to talk to the guy at the meat counter at the supermarket, so be it. Ask if you can get some hocks in. You would be surprised at the cost of the hocks. They are pure gold, and priced like dirt.
Provided by Jason Sandeman
Categories Clear Soup
Time 10h10m
Yield 4 liters, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Pick through beans to make sure there are no stones. Nothing sucks like breaking your teeth on a stone when it should be a bean!
- Place the beans in the crock pot; cover with water.
- Set on high cooking and cook for an hour.
- Now, some of you will argue that we should or should not season the beans because of the skins. Well, it is a moot point here as we are adding something salty to it anyway. Moving right along.
- Ham hocks go inches If you cannot find ham hocks, don't worry. The recipe will be fine. Just throw in a ham bone. No ham bone? You're killing me here! You could just use a couple slices of ham.
- Add your bay leaf to the crock pot. Don't worry - it will float. No panic. Really!
- Hack up the onion, a small dice is fine, toss it into te crock pot.
- Mince the garlic, again - you guesed it - into the crockpot. Are you with me so far?.
- Hack the potatoes into a medium dice, toss them into the crock pot. You will be needing them to give your soup some body - that stick-to-your-ribs quality. Besides, they are in season.
- Set all of that onto 10 hour on low cooking.
- Just before serving, remove the meat and bay leaf from the soup. Once the meat is cold enough to handle, shred it up!
- Puree up half of the soup with a hand blender. Do it right in the crockpot! Why waste or clean another vessel. If you have dishwashers, then don't worry about it. If you don't - you get the idea.
- Put the meat back into the soup.
- Now is the time to adjust for seasoning. We start off with the lemon juice, then we adjust the salt and pepper in stages.
- Taste a spoon full, think about the saltiness or the pepperiness. *I am sure that should be a word!*.
- Once the soup is where you would like it to be, ladle it up and serve it with that local artisan bread.
- Props to you! You just cooked something easy for Winter.
WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH HAM
Simple, cheap, hearty and delicious. From Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything." I love cause there's no need to presoak the beans.
Provided by Dreamgoddess
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Put smoked ham hock, beans, and liquid together in large saucepan.
- Turn heat on to medium high.
- Add onions.
- Bring mixture to a boil.
- Turn heat down to medium low and cover with tilted lid to only cover partially.
- Cook, stirring occasionally until beans are very soft and meat is falling apart at least one hour.
- Turn off heat.
- Remove meat and chop it up if desired and return to pot.
- Serve with cornbread.
- Yummy!
HAM HOCK AND WHITE BEAN SOUP
Make and share this Ham Hock and White Bean Soup recipe from Food.com.
Provided by DallasDiva22
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 2h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Fill large pot with water and as it starts to boil, add dry beans and onion. Cook on medium-low till beans are soft, about 2 hrs., adding water as needed to keep beans covered.
- In another pan fill with water and add the ham and seasonings. Cook till meat falls off the bone.
- When beans are soft, remove the bones from the ham pot and add pot contents to the beans, including the water and the seasonings in the pan.
- Add the carrots and celery-cook on low till veggies are tender.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add hot sauce at serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 98.7, Fat 0.2, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 111.4, Carbohydrate 18.9, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 1.4, Protein 5.9
Tips:
- Use a variety of beans. This soup is a great way to use up leftover beans, so feel free to mix and match different types. Great Northern beans, cannellini beans, and navy beans are all good choices.
- Don't skip the ham hock. The ham hock adds a ton of flavor to the soup. If you don't have a ham hock, you can substitute a smoked turkey wing or a ham bone.
- Add vegetables to your liking. This soup is also a great way to use up leftover vegetables. Chop up any vegetables you have on hand and add them to the soup. Carrots, celery, onions, and potatoes are all good choices.
- Season to taste. The amount of salt and pepper you add to the soup will depend on your personal preference. Start with a small amount and add more to taste.
- Serve with your favorite toppings. This soup is delicious served with a variety of toppings, such as shredded cheese, sour cream, or crumbled bacon. You can also serve it with a side of cornbread or crackers.
Conclusion:
This white bean and ham hock soup is a hearty and flavorful soup that is perfect for a cold winter day. It is also a great way to use up leftover beans and vegetables. With a few simple ingredients, you can have a delicious and satisfying soup that the whole family will enjoy.
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