Mos Ham Bone Soup Recipes

HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place the ham bone, onion, tomatoes, kidney beans, potatoes, and green pepper into a 3 quart or larger slow cooker. Dissolve the bouillon cubes in water, and pour into the slow cooker.
• Cover, and cook on High until warm. Reduce heat to Low, and continue to cook for 5 to 6 hours.

MOM'S VEGETABLE SOUP WITH HAM BONE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• In a large pot, place the ham bone and cover it with water. Bring the water to boil, then turn it down to a simmer. Add the navy and lima beans and the vegetable soup mix and cook for about 1 hour. Add the tomatoes, onions, peppercorns, carrots and potatoes and continue to simmer the soup for an additional 1 1/2 hours. Remove the ham bone and pull any meat you'd like off of the bone and add to the soup. Serve hot.

HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp, 5 to 7 minutes; remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate.
• Add the carrots, celery and onion to the pot. Stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Drop in the ham bone and bay leaf. Cover with 8 cups water and 2 teaspoons salt. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in the cabbage and simmer 30 minutes. Add the beans and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in the kale and simmer until soft, but vibrantly green, about 15 minutes. Season with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt (or more to taste). Add lots of pepper and a dash of hot sauce or vinegar. Serve with crumbled bacon on top.

HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• The day before you want to make the soup. put the beans in a large bowl and add cold water to cover by several inches. Soak overnight (or at least 8 hours) in the refrigerator.
• Drain the beans and rinse. Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the carrots, celery and leeks and season with 1 teaspoon of salt. Cook and stir until the vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the tomato paste and thyme and stir to coat the vegetables. Let the tomato paste toast for 1 minute, stirring, then add the bay leaves and 12 cups of water. Add the beans and nestle the ham bone in. Bring to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until the beans are almost tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Add the escarole, another 2 cups of water and 1 teaspoon salt. Return the soup to a simmer and cook until thickened and the beans and escarole are very tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaves and ham bone from the soup and let cool until you can handle the bone. Shred any useable meat left on the bone and stir back into the soup. Season with salt and pepper before serving.

LEFTOVER HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Fill a large soup pot with enough water to cover the ham bone, but don't add the bone yet. Bring to a boil.
• When boiling, add bouillon cubes and salt. Crush bouillon with a spoon until dissolved, then add ham bone, potatoes, onions, kidney beans, turmeric, and cloves. Stir to blend spices and return to a boil.
• Lower to medium-low heat and simmer until ham is hot and potatoes are easily pierced by a fork, about 1 hour.
• Remove ham bone. Shred meat and discard bone. Return meat to the soup, and serve.

RACHIE'S HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham bone in a medium stock pot. Fill water to just cover ham bone.
• Bring water to a boil and add carrots, celery, potato, onion, pepper, and bay leaves.
• Reduce heat to a medium simmer. Simmer 1 hour.
• Add lentils.
• 10 minutes before serving, bring back to a boil and add egg noodles.
• 5 minutes before serving, add peas.
• Serve when noodles are cooked to desired "doneness".

MO'S HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Simmer ham bone in a large pot until the meat falls off the bone. Remove the ham bone. Keep the broth. Skim off fat. Add extra ham cubes.
• Add more water to the same pot until 1/2 full and bring to a boil. Add diced carrots, onion, celery & potatoes. Add chicken bouillon, peas and barley. Add pepper. Bring to a boil and turn down to simmer. Simmer for an hour, until all is done. Salt to taste if needed. This is really good with home made bread or rolls.

MOM'S HAM BONE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans according to package directions, either overnight, or quick 1 hour soak. Drain and rinse beans.
• Add water, ham bone and broths to beans in stockpot. Cut 1 stalk of celery into 3 pieces and add to beans along with chopped onion and bay leaves. Bring to boil, cover partially, lower heat and simmer 90 minutes, or until beans are tender. Remove bay leaves and celery.
• Add tomatoes, chopped carrots and other two stalks of celery, chopped finely. Remove bone and take off any remaining ham and chop finely. Add additional ham if needed to make 2 cups and add to soup.
• Use a potato masher or immersion blender to blend slightly, thickening the soup with the mashed beans.
• Great served with a dolop of horseradish.