Ham And Vegetable Soup Recipes

HAM BONE VEGETABLE SOUP 1967

Steps:

• Heat oil and add onion, carrot, and bell pepper.
• Saute until soft and beginning to colour.
• Add ham bone, peppercorns, bay leaf and stock or water.
• Cover bring to a boil.
• Simmer one hour.
• Skim off foam.
• Add potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, partially cover.
• Cook on simmer for one hour.
• Add herbs and sauce and simmer 15 minutes.
• Add the parsley last, and serve immediately.

HAM BONE AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt bacon grease in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in hot bacon grease until vegetables are slightly tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir potatoes into onion mixture; cook and stir until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Stir hot water and chicken bouillon together in a slow cooker until bouillon is dissolved; add onion mixture, ham bone, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, black pepper, and salt.
• Cook soup in the slow cooker set to Low for 4 to 6 hours. Remove ham bone from soup and let rest until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from ham bone and stir meat into soup.

SMOKED HAM, BARLEY, AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring broth and ham hocks to boil in large pot. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes. Add diced potatoes, tomatoes with juices, onion, carrots, celery, barley, and oregano. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered until meat and barley are tender, about 1 hour.
• Using tongs, remove ham hocks from soup. Cut meat off bones and chop coarsely. Return meat to soup; discard bones. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing.) Add green beans; simmer until beans are tender, about 15 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.

LEFTOVER HAM AND VEGGIE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large stockpot. Add onion; cook and stir until softened and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Place potatoes, ham, carrots, celery, parsley, and Italian seasoning into pot. Cook and stir until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add bay leaves, chicken broth, corn, and peas and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and cook until vegetables have cooked down and are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves; add butter and pepper to taste. Top with shredded Cheddar cheese.

HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Add ham to water in large dutch oven or stock pot.
• Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 2 hours or so.
• Remove ham from water and put water in fridge until cooled completely. Pick and chop any meat from bone to add to soup.
• Gently remove hardened fat from top of broth with a slotted spoon and discard fat.
• Add chopped vegetables, tomatoes and garlic to broth and bring to a boil, simmer for about 20 minute
• Add chopped meat and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Taste broth, and add chicken soup base to your desired taste.
• Add more water and soup base as needed.
• You can also add a can of kidney or other type of beans and/or 2 cups of kernel corn, green or yellow beans or diced potatoes if you desire.
• This recipe is very versatile and you can add in whatever you personally like in the way of vegetables.
• You can even leave out the ham and use chicken, beef or vegetable soup base.

HAM AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham hocks, carrots, celery, onion and water in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 hours or until meat starts to all off the bones. , Add potatoes and vegetables; bring to a boil oil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove hocks; allow to cool. Remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Return meat to kettle. Stir in bean and bacon soup and pepper; heat through.