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Add soaked Northern beans to the slow cooker and cover with fresh water.The beans should be soft all the way through, but not mushy. Test for doneness by fishing out a bean and tasting it.Simmer the beans, stirring occasionally for about 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are tender. Reduce the heat to a simmer and place the lid on the pot so that its slightly askew and steam can escape.Add bay leaves and ham hocks to the great northern beans.Transfer them to a dutch oven and add fresh water. Drain and rinse the previously soaked beans.I prefer using a dutch oven but you can also use a crock pot or Instant Pot. All you need is a good heavy pot and enough water to cover the beans by a few inches. Though they might seem intimidating to make, beans are probably one of the simplest dishes. Their mild, creamy texture, broad versatility and overall affordability make them pantry staples around the world. Now, I know beans are a starch so adding a side of bread for dunking might be considered carb overkill….I love legumes. ✅ Plenty of vegetables so this is a great well rounded one-bowl meal ✅ Creamy soft beans that have absorbed incredible flavour while slow cooking ✅ Rich, creamy broth, fully loaded with incredible depth of flavour – and we’ve used no cream! I also like to get more vegetables into the soup by starting off by sautéing onion, carrots and celery. This is the step where we make a cornflour thickened “sludge” which is used to make the ham bone broth nice and creamy. Make soup thickening base & add vegetables The carrot and celery that was used to flavour the ham broth is pretty soft after 8 hours of slow cooking but in the spirit of this leftover recipe, I like to chop it up and throw it back into the soup. See? I promised this ham bone soup was a step above the usual! More and more incredible flavour in every step!! Slow cook ham bone with dried beans This step also gets all that flavour from frying the ham bits stuck on the bottom of the skillet into the soup broth = even more flavour. Make soup thickening base in the same pan by mixing milk with cornflour/cornstarch. This little extra step you don’t usually see is 100% worth it because golden crispiness = more flavour and texture! Slow cook dried beans with aromatics and the ham bone – the ham bone flavours the water to create the soup broth, the ham meat becomes “fall apart tender” and the beans cook This Ham Bone Soup has a few more steps than those “chuck it all in the slow cooker” soups – but the extra steps are worth it: Just purchase some extra ham meat to toss into the soup – or bulk up on more veggies instead! It weighed 1.1 kg / 2.2lb.īut if yours has been picked clean, don’t worry! You’ll still extract plenty of flavour from the bone and non-edible parts of the ham. My friend was kind enough to leave plenty of ham on it. Here’s one of the ham bones that boomeranged back to me after gifting it. This creamy (yet cream-less) Ham Bone Soup with crispy golden ham bits is my idea of different. I really tried to get excited about those versions (and maybe it’s something that comes with maturity? 🤷🏻‍♀️) but I just wanted something more.

You’re probably used to seeing ham bone soups with a clear broth or sometimes, a tomato based broth. For those that didn’t, don’t worry – this can be made with a store bought ham bone! 😇 ( Here’s a photo comparison of store bought and leftover ham) So hopefully, some of you stashed away your leftover ham bone in the freezer, just waiting for the right time to use it. In truth, those gifts came with the condition that I get the ham bone!! 😂 I’m completely shameless. The Christmas just gone, I went one step further and gifted several Glazed Hams under the guise of being a thoughtful friend. Each year, I gather as many as I can and stash them in my deep freezer. Ham bones are highly coveted in my circle. Leave some of the ham tender and juicy, pan fry some to make it crispy. You’ll love the creamy broth (but no cream!), and how the tender beans absorb the flavour. Set, forget, fall apart meat, flavour infused soup! This is a Ham Bone Soup made using the slow cooker which is the most effortless way to cook leftover ham bone.