a wonderful ham and bean soup.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 5 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package dried navy beans
- 7 cups water
- 1 ham bone
- 2 cups diced ham
- ¼ cup minced onion
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ cup sliced carrots
- ½ cup sliced celery
Instructions
- Rinse beans; transfer to a large stockpot and add water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes; remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour.
- Add ham bone, diced ham, onion, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until beans are soft, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Add carrots and celery; cook until tender, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove ham bone from the pot and place on a cutting board until cool enough to handle. Remove any meat from the bones and cut into bite-sized pieces; stir into soup until warmed through.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 247 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 14 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 543 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made it using ham steak (didn’t have a bone), and canned beans (didn’t have dried.) It was excellent!
Delicious, easy recipe that was satisfying on a chilly December night.
I used all Ingredients carrots onions celery and white soup beans of course I soaked over night and put in chicken broths to cook in I had a ham bone tossed that in cooked maybe 2 hours then after reading reviews I did end up adding a tbsp. of Worcestershire sauce and and 1/2 cup ketchup. wow it really brought the flavor out simmering right now will be making it with honey cornbread
Aromatic and full of flavor!
OH MY Goodness, Just like Grannie used to make. Awesome flavor, just add some corn bread with it and, you have quite a treat!!! Thanks so much.
It is easy and de-dog delicious!
Just like Grandma used to make! This is down- home comfort food. Grandma used the leftover ham bone from holiday dinners, or sometimes smoked pork hocks. Love it!
An old fashion recipe that is great today!
I just noticed that I printed this recipe in 2004 and I’ve been using it ever since. The only change I’ve made to is it doubling the amount of onions, carrots, and celery, and if I’ve got extra ham, I’ll use that, too. It’s definitely better the next day, but if I make it in the morning, it’s almost got that leftover extra by suppertime! And, yes, I just noticed because it’s for supper tonight!
Skip the added salt. Otherwise, excellent.
This was a fabulous recipe. I didn’t have navy beans, so I used a variety pack of dried beans. (You know, the ones that have like 20 different types in them.) I found the soup very colorful with all the bean types.
Excellent basic navy bean soup recipe. I used chicken stock instead of water, and basically doubled the onion, celery and carrots, salt and pepper.
Excellent bean soup! I stick to the original recipe, I only double my veggies and add a little ketchup. I have been making this for years.
This is just how I remembered my Nannie making it. During Step 2 I also added 2 more cups of water and 2 chicken bouillon cubes. I then added the celery and carrots after 45 min to omit the 3rd step and let the soup cook for the remaining 30 minutes.
Very tasty. I added a bit of garlic salt.
Delicious without any salt added.
After the first boil and soak you should rinse the beans and then start over with fresh liquid, my preference is chicken stock and water, then add ham bone and bring back to a boil then I simmer for an hour and a half, then remove bone and bay leaf, then add prepared veggies and ham, simmer another hour. we like loaded so i add potatoes as well. i also mash a bit for thickening
It turned out great loved it very good
This was a bowl of bland. No depth of flavor. Toward the end I threw in some Liquid Smoke to try anything to gain some flavor, but it didn’t help. We ate it, but it sure isn’t anything like what mom or dad used to make. My cornbread was the only think that allowed me to eat this. Very sad as I was really looking forward to the flavors from when I was young. Won’t make this again.
I added thyme
It turned out great! I used some suggestions for flavour and baking soda to help remove gas from the beans, also changed the water and used homemade vegetable bullion, minced an entire onion, added 2 garlic cloves. Will make again