Many Italian families have this sweet rice pie as a traditional Easter dish. However, I cook it more frequently than that because it’s so excellent.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 2 cups hot water
- 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules
- 2 (15 ounce) cans Great Northern beans
- ⅓ cup diced carrots
- ⅓ cup diced onion
- 1 small stalk celery, diced
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 bay leaf
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ (8 ounce) pre-cooked ham steak, diced
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil in a pot; add chicken bouillon and stir until dissolved.
- Drain and rinse 1 can Great Northern beans. Reduce heat to low; stir drained beans and remaining can of undrained beans into bouillon mixture. Add carrots, onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and black pepper; bring soup to a boil.
- Stir ham into soup, reduce heat to low, and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 315 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 48 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 11 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 641 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
We have made this a few times. Tonight my youngest finished two bowls of it. My husband likes this too. So easy and quick to make. Thanks for a keeper!
Great recipe. Simple and quick. Great way to get rid of leftovers ham.
This is my son’s favorite soup!
Wow, this is delicious! Every one enjoyed and ate every drop. I replaced the bouillon and water with chicken broth, one cup each onions and carrots. Definitely will make again.
I love to make this soup because it is super fast and delicious!!
I took the advice of other reviewers – I used chicken stock instead of water, added twice the amount of garlic (we’re garlic lovers), no salt, used the bean juice, brought to a boil and cooked low and slow for about 45 minutes. The two of us ate every morsel at dinner. No leftovers. Easy and awesome!
Used chicken broth rather than bouillon cubes and water. Otherwise followed the recipe. Great way to use up leftover ham. Enjoyed the soup.
Really easy and delicious – just a bit too much pepper for my liking. I will use this recipe again for its simplicity!
This was great. Used one can Great Northern and one can cannellini because that’s what was on hand. Much healthier and easier than the traditional recipe. Increased amount of veggies.
Wow. This is good. Just like I remember from my childhood. I followed the recipe pretty much exactly. I had a ham bone that used to flavor the base. I just boiled it for a bit in water before starting the recipe. This is a keeper.
We loved this soup. We doubled the recipe and added two tablespoons butter to make the broth richer.
I followed the recipe exactly and it is delicious! Also very quick ad easy! Will definitely make again!
great use of leftover holiday ham. easy to make, and delicious!
I made this with left over ham from Christmas. I cooked the ham bone and soaked white beans the night before. I added the ingredients in the recipes but also added ham bouillon cubes and 1 teaspoon of cumin and 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes. I did not add salt. I wanted a thicker sauce so to thicken the sauce I used a handheld soup blender.and place it down into the soup in the crock pot and blended some of the beans and ham. This made a smoother thickened soup.
I had some left over ham and some chicken stock which were perfect for this soup. Very easy and quick. I added fresh basil and some thyme as suggested by other reviewers. Very good soup. Thanks for the recipe!
Loved this. We added more veggies and more chicken bouillon and water so it would be more of a soup than a stew, and it’s one of our new favorites. Highly recommend!
It was okay, but a bit salty for my taste.
I used fresh white beans and waaaaaay more garlic than it called for, and I added some chopped tomatoes. Tasty.
This was delicious. I simmered it for an hour or so because I had the time. It was the best I’ve made.
I used dried beans, soaked overnight. The prep is nothing, & the recipe was fast.
Delicious and easy! Used up ham bone and simmered for about 45 min. then added carrots, the beans last so b they wouldn’t get mushy.