What does one do with leftover Christmas Ham? Why, you make Navy Bean Soup! This is one of my favorite soups and it is relatively easy to make. The ham in this soup are my leftovers from the Maple Glazed Rotisserie Ham recipe. So let’s head on into the kitchen, shall we?
Ingredients
Bones from a ham
2 cups of dry small white beans
7 cups of water
3 stalks of celery
3 carrots
a handful of crimini mushrooms
1 bay leaf
5 chili de arboles dried chili’s
fresh ground pepper
Start off with the beans first. Put the water into your soup pot and add the beans.
Turn the heat up to medium high and bring it to where it just starts to boil. If you don’t catch it before it boils your beans will burst. So I check it continually. Turn the heat off and let the beans sit in the hot water for one hour.
While the beans are sitting, wash and peel the carrots. Wash up the celery. Cut both of these into small cubes. Chop the mushrooms roughly. Get out the bay leaf, the chili de arboles and your pepper grinder.
Trim some of the meat off the ham bone. The chunks of ham that you have carved off should go into the soup as well, reserving a bit for, say, maybe a mac ‘n cheese with ham?
When the beans are done, add the ham bone along with the chunks of ham, carrots, celery, the bay leaf and the chili’s. Do several grinds of pepper too! No need to salt this soup as the ham will give off the salt from the meat.
Bring this up to a boil, then turn down to low and simmer for a few hours. Check on it every half hour to 45 minutes to ensure that it is not sticking to the bottom of your pot!
Remove the bones from the soup, let this cool and then remove the meat from the bones. Remove the chili’s at this point. These chili’s will add a bit of heat which you will feel in the back of your throat when you chow down on this soup!
Add the meat back to the pot. Stir it up to blend. Next, get out your blender and place about 2 cups of the soup into it. Puree for about a minute, and then add this back to your soup. Stir it well. Cook for another hour.
I like to serve this soup up with a warm crusty bread slathered in butter! And, here it is, piping hot and ready to eat!
Well, I hope that you enjoyed today’s adventure into the kitchen! Have a great Thursday and thanks for stopping by!
I made this soup and it WAS wonderful. Still have some in the freezer.
I think that I will try Bean with Bacon next! Up for it? Thanks for the comment Patti!
This looks so delicious! What a nice, healthy soup to prepare going into the new year–when I just MUST turn off the snacking and eating sweets that seems to have overtaken me. 🙂 Yum!
This is an amazing soup, and I am making this today! I love a good soup and this one is quite tasty! Let me know if you try this recipe. If you do not have ham bones, you can use ham hocks or smoked ham shanks. I suggest 3 of these so that you get some good meat….
So you send me to bed hungry? Looks so good. Love how the colors meld with your background ! YUMMY
Happy New Year Babs!
You should have told me that you wanted to join us for dinner tonight K! You are always welcome to sit at our table! 🙂 ^..^
Maybe someday I will !! Your attention to detail is enthralling honestly !
Thank you!
Navy Bean soup from the left over ham bone … It’s a good thing.
There is nothing like ti Bluebird Annie! But it is using the Maple Glazed Rotisserie Ham that makes this a recipe to die for! Figuratively speaking of course!
What time are you serving left overs? We’ll be right over.
Done with dinner tonight! So sorry as there is nothing leftover…however, I can let you know the next time I make this, so if you are in the area you can come and join us…. ^..^
Please. Thank you! 🙂
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As with all of your recipes you have shared this one looks very tasty and perfect for a winter’s evening meal. Thanks.
It is a perfect recipe for a cold winters night! Please let me know if you try it PJ!
Sounds and looks delicious, Miss Barbara. Must remember to revisit this recipe when I return from PA to SC. Thanks for sharing it. Mmm.
Dharma BB – Please let me know if you try it! It is a wonderful soup, full of flavor and comfort! Happy holidays! ^..^