You can be sure that everyone will love these delectable kebabs! For many years, my husband’s family has used this recipe. With naan or basmati rice, if desired.
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound dry great Northern beans
- 8 cups water
- 12 baby carrots
- 1 cup chopped onion
- ½ pound chopped ham
- ¼ cup ketchup
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the beans with the water, cover and let soak overnight.
- In a large pot over medium high heat, combine the soaked beans with water, carrots, onion and ham. Add more water to cover all, if necessary. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and let simmer for 4 to 6 hours. Add ketchup just to get desired color. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 181 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 13 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 381 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is my moms receipe too! It is up to you how much ketchup and ham. I use smoke ham hock, and slices of pork slices. Boy, flavor town! Yum..entire house smells so yummy! I am thinking tomorrow when I make this to add potato’s to it at the last hour. Still thinking about it. Want it to be more healthier, and potatoes may make it too many calories.
I added beef broth but wouldn’t next time just water
Excellent soup. It was a big batch so I divided it up. Some of the savings I puréed, which I preferred.
I make this soup often and my family loves it. I use one whole medium onion diced small, and 3-4 whole carrots. I add a tub of the Knorr homestyle chicken stock, and use 1 lb of diced ham. 1/2 tsp white pepper is the only seasoning I add, and I use 1 TBSP tomato paste for color. I find that I have to add water part-way through cooking to get my desired consistency. Great recipe!
Substituted bacon for ham it came out great we did it in the slow cooler and will freeze leftovers
This was very basic. I let my beans soak over night and they were done in about 1 hour on top of the stove. Not sure what 6 hours would have done for them. They were almost too mushy at 1 hour. These do need lots of salt at the end but I like the simpleness and no fuss of these beans. Will make again tweaking just a bit.
had a large meaty bone from a smoked pork butt and used it and some smoked pork chunks instead of ham. Yum!
I can’t imagine anyone eating this soup as it is. It tasted like beans floating in ketchup water. I added celery, potato, barley, bay leaf, thyme, basil, garlic, bullion powder, cabbage, condensed tomato soup and Mrs. Dash. Even at that it is still watery. I’m hoping that after simmering all day it will have some taste by dinner time.
Great recipe! I have made it many times. It’s a low-calorie lunch for me since I’m dieting and it does fill you up. Changes: I substituted 4 cans of beans instead of the dried ones. It speeds things along a lot!! (Rinse the beans off after dumping out of the can.) I also substituted chicken broth for water and added a couple of ham hocks for a smokier flavor. (I remove those after cooking.) It really is a great recipe as is and I would still give it 5 stars as written.
A bit bland, but wonderfully comforting on a cold winter night. We had it with cornbread.
I’ve actually made this before, minus the carrots and ketchup. I guess was a staple of larger families of the depression or later, as my family & inlaws had it on a regular basis. What we have done also, is made corn bread to put into soup as we are eating it.
This is a very good bean soup. I had a ham bone with meat on it in the freezer so I just threw that in with the beans. Came out great. I served with Indian Fry Bread. Yum. Great meal for a cold winter day! Thanks for the recipe.
I made this in the crock-pot. Used dry beans, 3 cans of chicken broth and 3 cups of water for flavor since I didn’t have any ham. Did not precook/ soak the beans, just rinsed them and put them in. Cooked on high for 6 hours and low for about an hour. They came out great ! I was worried they would not get done without the first step, but they were nice and tender. Thanks for sharing !
Was good. Didnt have catsup so subbed Hickory BBQ sauce
As a vegetarian I used Morningstar Farms bacon instead of ham to give it a smokey flavor. I just diced it up and added it halfway through. Seriously, it was delicious. I also added a half of a can of tomato sauce and a teaspoon of sugar instead of ketchup.
Very easy. I used chicken broth instead of water and (drum roll) I added bacon drippings… I know, I know. (Next time I’ll add garlic) : )
Its OK. This is a very basic recipe with very little flavor. I followed the recipe exactly and when I tasted it 2 hours into the cooking I was disapointed so I added some seasonings. If you make this be ready to add some salt, pepper, maybe a bay leaf or whatever else you like.
I added a pound of ham and also a pound of bacon (fried before adding to the soup). I also used navy beans and the soup cooked really fast, it was done about an hour and a half sooner than I expected. This was sooooo good on a cold winter day. I can’t wait to make it again!
Look at the comments and add a lot of spices.
SO-O-O-O GOOD! I made just a couple of minor changes – I used 2 chopped carrots, 2 sliced stalks of celery, and a bay leaf, but otherwise followed the recipe. This is great comfort food. Thank you for submitting this recipe. I will definitly make it again.
This was really good, it did take forever for the beans to get done though. It ended up turning out to be more like stew it was so thick. It was very flavorful and my husband (who does not like beans) ate two bowls of it.