White Bean Soup with Ham
From darbar 16 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is an easy soup to make, and hearty enough to be a main dish. Serve this bean soup with fresh baked cornbread or crusty rolls.
Ingredients
- 1 meaty ham bone shopping list
- 3 cups water shopping list
- 3 cups chicken broth shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced shopping list
- 1 cup diced onion shopping list
- 1 cup diced carrot shopping list
- 1 cup diced celery shopping list
- 1/2 cup diced fennel, optional shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper shopping list
- 2 teaspoons fresh or freeze-dried parsley shopping list
- 2 teaspoons creole seasoning or seasoned salt blend shopping list
- Pinch thyme shopping list
- 1 cup corn kernels shopping list
- 1 cup frozen chopped spinach or mustard greens shopping list
- 2 cans (15 ounces each) Great Northern or navy beans, drained and rinsed shopping list
- 2 cans (14.5 ounces each) tomatoes, diced shopping list
- 1 cup diced ham, optional shopping list
- salt and pepper, to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Combine ham bone, water, and chicken broth in a large saucepan. Add the garlic, onion, carrots, celery, fennel, pepper, parsley, Creole seasoning and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
- Add the corn, spinach or mustard greens, beans, and tomatoes. Remove ham bone and cut meat from the bone and dice. Skim fat off the top of the soup and add the ham, along with the extra ham, if using. Taste and add salt and pepper, to taste. Simmer for about 30 minutes longer.
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Reviewed by 6 people-
Amazing! The best ham soup I've ever had.
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