Yesterday I made a pretty damn good soup with the leftover ham bone from our Christmas feast. It was a honey ham, so the broth ended up being refreshingly sweet, in a french-onion way, but also had good depth and spice. Aafter searching for ham-bone soup recipes online and not finding any to my liking, I made up my own recipe. Also, it was done in the slow-cooker, so it took about 15 mins prep time and that was that.
Recipe for those with a ham bone in their freezer:
Set aside 2 cups ham, cubed.
Put ham bone in slow cooker. Add:
1 cup chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
16 oz. chicken broth
2 cans great northern beans, drained
1 14 oz can peeled, diced tomatoes
1 bay leave
1 Tbsp dried sage flakes
Set slow cooker on low for 8 hours.
With 2 hours left, stir in:
2-cups ham, cubed
1 Tbs chili Powder
1 Tbs crushed red pepper
Top with freshly-grated Parmesan. Serve as soup, or over rice as a sort of gumbo.
It's nothing complicated, but it turned out quite nicely.
Recipe for those with a ham bone in their freezer:
Set aside 2 cups ham, cubed.
Put ham bone in slow cooker. Add:
1 cup chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
16 oz. chicken broth
2 cans great northern beans, drained
1 14 oz can peeled, diced tomatoes
1 bay leave
1 Tbsp dried sage flakes
Set slow cooker on low for 8 hours.
With 2 hours left, stir in:
2-cups ham, cubed
1 Tbs chili Powder
1 Tbs crushed red pepper
Top with freshly-grated Parmesan. Serve as soup, or over rice as a sort of gumbo.
It's nothing complicated, but it turned out quite nicely.
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