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Perfect soup for a cool fall weather meal! A great way to use that ham bone you have had in the freezer since Easter.
Sort and wash the beans.
Add 6 cups water and soak beans overnight or about 8 hours (I always forget to do this before I go to bed so I ended up simmering the beans according to the package instructions, which takes about 2 to 2 1/2 hours).
Drain beans, add ham bone and cover with water. Cover, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour.
Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 1 hour until beans are tender.
Remove the bone. Chop up the ham and return the meat to the soup.
Enjoy!
I serve this with a good beer bread (recipe found here on Tasty Kitchen). Super easy, heavy bread that only takes 1 hour and no yeast!
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heidimay18 on 4.6.2010
This is the first time I have made soup with the ham bone and now I’m wondering what I was thinking not doing it before. This is so yummy! My husband loved the tabasco sauce in it, said it was a very unexpected surprise. Thanks for the great recipe!
randrok on 12.30.2009
Very good. I have never put so many veggies in my navy bean soup but I really liked it and made it a well rounded meal. I also tried it with jalapeno cheedar beer bread (from off this site) and they paired very well together.
redsugar on 12.28.2009
This soup is amazing! I added a can of stewed tomatoes though, and it was fantastic!
BaileysMom on 12.10.2009
I tried this soup and it tastes great, was super easy to make and has been wonderful to have during our cold weather spell!
pterra2008 on 10.25.2009
Christine, your soup is great. Navy bean is my dad’s favorite and he’s been sick so I wanted to make him some and deliver it. I replaced about 1/3 of the water with low sodium chicken stock, added a bay leaf and a sprig of thyme with the ham hock. I let that go for about 90 min then removed the bone and removed the bay leaf and the thyme sprig. Added all the veggies and just a bit of ham from the hock (too fatty for my taste) and added some leaner ham I had bought. I let this go for another 60 min. I loved the use of the tobasco and I added lots of fresh cracked black pepper. The flavor was incredible – thanks for sharing your recipe.