Best Leftover Ham Soup Recipes

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.

MY FAVORITE LEFTOVER HAM BONE LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a large soup pot cover ham bone with water ( ham hocks may be used if no meaty ham bone leftover)
• 2. Add chopped celery Onions Carrots Tomatoes
• 3. Add garlic powder, bay leafs , tomato paste
• 4. Add lentils
• 5. Simmer about two hours after bringing to a boil first
• 6. Stir in olive oil at the end REMOVE ALL BAY LEAVES!!!!
• 7. Cut meat off ham bone add to soup Toss bone away
• 8. Season with salt and pepper to taste
• 9. Serve with warm rolls or bread and butter or good crackers

QUICK AND EASY LEFTOVER HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Heat broth in a saucepan over high heat. Add ham, corn, navy beans, and onion. Add dried parsley, thyme, salt, red pepper flakes, and hot sauce. Cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook about 5 minutes more. Finish with fresh parsley before serving.

LEFTOVER HOLIDAY HAM & SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Chop veggies and meat, then combine everything in a large stockpot -- going VERY EASY on the salt as your ham and bouillon might be salty enough already (you will test and add more later if needed).
• Stir, then bring to a boil over high heat.
• Don't walk away from the pot.as soon as it comes to a boil,stir, then lower the heat to low and drop a lid on the pot, venting just a bit for a few minutes so you don't have a boilover.
• As soon as the temperature drops enough to avoid a boilover (a few minutes), go ahead and let the lid sit fully on top of the pan.
• Let cook on low, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours,stirring once or twice, until all veggies are tender.
• Give the finished soup a taste test and adjust salt and other seasonings as needed.

LEFTOVER HAM AND VEGGIE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large stockpot. Add onion; cook and stir until softened and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Place potatoes, ham, carrots, celery, parsley, and Italian seasoning into pot. Cook and stir until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add bay leaves, chicken broth, corn, and peas and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and cook until vegetables have cooked down and are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves; add butter and pepper to taste. Top with shredded Cheddar cheese.

POTATO AND HAM SOUP (FROM LEFTOVER BOILED DINNER)

Steps:

• 1. render bacon on large pot and add onion and cook till onion is almost carmelized, add butter and flour and cook til golden in color
• 2. add spices
• 3. add Chicken stock, potatoes, carrots and parsnips. mash or use emersion blender to break down veggies
• 4. cook to a boil and then add cooked ham cook 5 min to heat though
• 5. remove from heat and stir in cream.
• 6. serve and top with 1 to 2 Tbls. cheese
• 7. serve with chedder biscut...yummy

SPLIT PEA AND LEFTOVER HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Soak white navy beans in a bowl of cold water in the refrigerator for 8 hours to overnight. Rinse thoroughly.
• Place ham bone in a large pot with water to just cover. Bring to a boil and cook for at least 4 hours. Add onion, garlic, and pepper and simmer 1 hour more.
• Remove ham bone; strip any meat from the bone and return it to the pot. Add chopped leftover ham, soaked and rinsed navy beans, split peas, and carrots and bring soup to a simmer. Cook until peas begin to break down, about 1 hour. Season with salt.

LEFTOVER HAM AND LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring lima beans, ham, water, onion, potato, butter, processed cheese, cornstarch, celery salt, and pepper to a boil in a large pot. Stir until butter is melted. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beans are tender, about 1 hour.

SUPER LEFTOVER SPIRAL HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pot over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, and onion; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add chicken broth, great Northern beans, kidney beans, and ham. Stir in water and rosemary. Season with salt and white pepper. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, about 30 minutes.

LEFTOVER HAM BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Place all chopped vegetables in crockpot and top with ham bone. I had to rearrange the vegetables a bit to actually get the lid to close on my crock pot. Add water until almost full. Add spices and mix around. Cook on high for 4-6 hours, or low for 6-8 hours. Take ham bone out with tongs and use a slotted spoon to pick out any fragments that may have fallen off the bone. Put back any usable meat off the bone. Toss in cubed leftover ham for more meat.

COMFORT ESSENTIALS: LEFTOVER HAM AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. You will need a good size pot to make this recipe.
• 3. Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
• 4. Add the butter to a pot over medium heat. When the butter melts, add the ham, veggies and a pinch or two of salt and pepper. Stir until the veggies begin to soften, about 8 - 10 minutes.
• 5. While the veggies are cooking away, add the flour, stock, and milk to a bowl or measuring cup, then whisk to combine.
• 6. Add to the pot with the veggies and ham.
• 7. Bring the pot up to a simmer, and stir until the soup thickens, and the potatoes are fork tender, about 4 - 6 minutes.
• 8. While the soup is thickening, add some salt and pepper, to taste.
• 9. PLATE/PRESENT
• 10. Serve while nice and warm with crackers, bread... whatever. Enjoy.
• 11. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

LEFTOVER HAM SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a large (deep) pot, cook the bacon till crispy. Remove bacon and set aside in a paper towel lined bowl, leave the bacon drippings in the pot. Add chopped onion to the bacon drippings and cook until tender and transparent, about 15-20 minutes.
• 2. Add bay leaves and garlic, sauté for about 3 minutes. Add leftover ham, water and chicken bouillon cubes...bring to a boil. Once at a boil reduce heat to low and cook until the ham starts to release from the bone, about two hours.
• 3. Once the ham has started to release from the bone, remove the bone from the pot...you may need to cut some of the ham off the bone. Any large pieces of ham will need to be cut into smaller chunks. Add any ham that you had removed from the bone back into the pot along with the remaining ingredients. Cook for another 15-20 minutes until veggies are tender. Add soup to bowls and sprinkle with reserved bacon pieces.

LEFTOVER HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Boil waer and cubes together.
• chop potatoes, ham, leeks and carrots
• throw in pot when water boils.
• allow to get tender.
• add milk and stir frequently.
• mix flour and 2 T milk until smooth.
• add to pot
• bring to a boil to thicken.
• add 1 c sour cream stir until blended and heated through.
• season throughout cooking to taste.