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slow cooked ham bone soup

(6 ratings)
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Recipe by
Diane Atherton
@DeeDee2011
PINE MOUNTAIN, GA

This is an easy and satisfying way to transform leftover ham and a ham bone into a hearty meal. It’s slow cooked with a nice mix of garden vegetables and dried beans. This one-pot meal is easy to prepare and very likely to please. This is comfort food at best at our house. Serve with hot buttered crusty rolls or hot cornbread sticks slathered with a little butter.

(6 ratings)
yield 6 to 8
cook time 7 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Ingredients For slow cooked ham bone soup

  • 1 1/2 lb
    dried beans (large butter beans, small lima, blackeyed peas, navy beans, pintos, etc) can used package mix
  • water for soaking beans
  • 1 Tbsp
    white vinegar
  • 3 Tbsp
    cajun seasoning
  • 1
    extra meaty leftover ham bone
  • 1 to 2 c
    leftover ham, chopped
  • 6 to 8 c
    chicken broth
  • 1 lg
    onion
  • 2 tsp
    garlic paste, or 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 c
    parsley paste, or 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
  • 2 lg
    carrots, scraped and diced
  • 2 lg
    red potatoes, peeled and diced (or potato of your choice)
  • 2 stalk
    celery, diced or sliced
  • 1 c
    frozen yellow corn
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2
    (14.5 oz) cans petite dicecd tomatoes

How To Make slow cooked ham bone soup

  • 1
    Pick over the dry beans and discard any broken or shriveled looking ones. Rinse beans several times. Place in a 6 ½ quart crock pot with about 3 quarts water, the vinegar and 2 Tbsp Cajun seasoning. Set on warm and allow beans to soak overnight about 10 to 12 hours.
  • 2
    The next morning, drain the beans and discard the water. Place beans back into the slow cooker along with the ham bone. Add chicken broth, enough to cover beans and ham bone. Add remaining ingredients (except for the diced tomatoes) and add the remaining 1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning. Turn cooker to HIGH and cook beans until they're tender and cooked through, 6 to 7 hours.
  • 3
    The last hour of cooking remove ham bone and cut any meat left on bone and return to cooker. Add tomatoes. Adding tomatoes sooner may work against the beans becoming soft causing them to be tough.
  • 4
    Serve with cornbread or a nice crusty roll.
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