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Yummy Leftover Hambone Soup Recipe

September 21, 2022
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by Beth Gorden

If you are looking for a yummy soup made from ham bone, you will love this delicious Leftover Hambone Soup Recipe! This soup recipe uses all the flavor already in the ham bone for a hearty and flavorful ham soup!

If you are looking for a yummy soup made from ham bone, you will love this delicious Leftover Hambone Soup Recipe! This soup recipe uses all the flavor already in the ham bone for a hearty and flavorful ham soup!

Hambone Soup Recipe

I know that split pea and ham is all the rage, but honestly I never liked that ham soup! It felt like a mushy green soup that looked, well, let’s just say unapetizing. So when I was looking for a soup made from ham bone I wanted something delicious, without peas! This hambone soup recipe is filled with hearty potatoes, carrots, corn, white kidney beans, and of course ham! My kids love this leftover hambone soup and it has a way of warming me down to my toes when we have it for lunch or a quick dinner. So if you are looking for the best recipes using ham bone, you’ve got to try this!

1 leftover hambone 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, diced 4 carrots, peeled and diced 3-4 large russet potato, peeled and diced 1 can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 1/2 cup frozen corn kernels 3/4 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves 2 bay leaves salt and black pepper, to taste 1 1/2+ cups leftover diced ham

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To make this yummy ham and potato soup with your leftover ham bone, all you need are a few common ingredients you probabaly already have in your pantry:

  • 1 leftover hambone
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 4 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 3-4 large russet potato, peeled and diced
  • 1 can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 1/2 cup frozen corn kernels
  • 3/4 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
  • 2 bay leaves
  • salt and black pepper, to taste
  • 1 1/2+ cups leftover diced ham

ham and potato soup recipe

leftover hambone soup

Start by covering your leftover hambone with 6-8 cups of water in a large stockpot. You want to bring the water to a boil then reduce it to simmer for about 1 hour.

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This allows you to flavor your water with all the yummy ham bone flavor and nutrients. Remove and discard the hambone while leaving your pot of water on the stovetop over medium heat.

saute chopped onion and garlic until tender

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In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Now add chopped garlic and onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes.

put cooked onions and garlic in ham broth

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Put onion mixture in the large pot with the homemade ham broth and chopped potatoes and carrots.

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Put chopped carrots in ham stew.

add chopped potato to ham bone soup

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Add chopped potato to ham bone soup

add corn kernels to potato and ham soup

Add corn kernels to potato and ham soup.

add beans to ham and potato stew

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Now add in your beans.

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Add chopped ham cubes to homemade soup recipe.

add seasoning to ham bone stew

Add seasonings to taste.

Yummy ham and potato soup made from a leftover ham bone! You will love this delicious, hearty, and flavorful ham soup recipe! 

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Bring the soup to a boil and continue simmering until the potatoes are fork tender, about 15-20 more minutes.

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Start slicing some crusty bread ans serve the soup warm with yummy bread.

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My kids love this soup recipe so much they ask for seconds and thirds; I can’t remember ever having any leftovers!

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ham potato soup

This soup has such a wonderful, deep flavor!

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ham and potato soup recipe

I love that in every bite I get yummy veggies, ham, and the rich seasoning. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like soups that are heavy on the broth with hardly anything to them. This soup is filled with yummy, healthy ingredients that will fill you up and give you fuel for your day!

soups that use ham bone

ham and bean soup

I just know you will love this lovely ham and bean soup on a cold fall or winter day!

If you are looking for a yummy soup made from ham bone, you will love this delicious Leftover Hambone Soup Recipe! This soup recipe uses all the flavor already in the ham bone for a hearty and flavorful ham soup!

old fashioned ham and bean soup

Yummy ham and potato soup made from a leftover ham bone! You will love this delicious, hearty, and flavorful ham soup recipe!

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Leftover Hambone Soup Recipe

If you are looking for a yummy soup made from ham bone, you will love this delicious Leftover Hambone Soup Recipe! This soup recipe uses all the flavor already in the ham bone for a hearty and flavorful ham soup! 
Course: lunch, Soup
Cuisine: soup
Keyword: easy soup, hambone, hearty soup, soup recipes
Author: Beth Gorden

Ingredients

  • 1 hambone
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3-4 large russett potatoes peeled, and cubed
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 large onion chipped
  • 1 can white kidney beans drained and rinsed
  • 4 large carrots peeled and diced
  • 1 1/2 cup frozen corn
  • 3/4 teaspoon thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 8 cups water

Instructions

  • In a large stockpot put leftover hambone covered with 8 cups of water. Bring the water to a boil then reduce and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the hambone.
  • Put chopped potatoes and carrots in the pot of homemade ham broth and cook over medium to medium-high heat.
  • Meanwhile, in a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped garlic and onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Put onion mixture in stock pot with ham broth. Add corn, beans, and seasoning.
  • Continue cooking over medium heat until potatoes are fork tender, about 15-20 minutes longer.
  • Serve with crusty bread. Refrigerate any leftovers.

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Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com

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