Best 20 Ham Stew Recipes

SLOW-COOKER HAM AND LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• In 5- to 6-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.

HEARTY HARVEST AND HAM STEW

Steps:

• Warm olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onions and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and ham; cook for another 2 minutes. Stir in the chopped cabbage and water. Cover, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in potatoes, carrots, celery seed, caraway seed, paprika, salt, and pepper. Cover, and simmer 10 to 12 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to medium low, stir in the greens, adjust seasonings, and cook for 10 minutes. Serve with bread.

HAM AND BEAN STEW

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients; mix well. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours or until the potatoes are tender.

POTATO AND HAM STEW

Steps:

• Combine ham bone, potatoes, onion, sweet peas, ham, carrots, and celery in a large pot; pour in enough water to cover all ingredients. Pour in coconut and season with salt and pepper. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until flavors have blended, about 4 hours. Discard ham bone before serving.

HAM AND CAULIFLOWER STEW

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in the pot of an electric pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) on the "Saute" setting. Add onion and carrot; cook and stir until onion is soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in minced garlic, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Add cauliflower florets, ham, and chicken broth.
• Seal pressure cooker and close the steam vent. Bring to high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; cook for 2 minutes. Release pressure using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions. Stir in coconut milk.
• Garnish hot stew with Cheddar cheese.

COUNTRY HAM STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir gravy and water until smooth. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

HAM STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring potato, carrots, and onion to a boil in 1 1/2 cups water.
• Reduce heat; cover and cook 10 minutes.
• Add peas and ham; return to a boil.
• Add soup and cheese.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes or until smooth and heated through.

SLOW-COOKER SMOKY HAM AND NAVY BEAN STEW

Steps:

• In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients except parsley.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 10 to 12 hours or until beans are tender. Stir in parsley before serving.

HAM & VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• In large soup kettle, combine all ingredients.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1-1/4 hours.
• Discard bay leaves and serve hot (Add cooked pasta, if you wish).

SMOKED HAM HOCK HOMINY STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, cumin, thyme, bay leaf and dried red pepper and sauté 5 minutes. Add ham hocks, broth, tomatoes and garlic. Simmer until ham hocks are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Transfer ham hocks to work surface. Remove meat and cut into bite-size pieces. Discard fat and bones. Return meat to pot. Add hominy and simmer until hominy is just tender, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Reheat until heated through.) Ladle into bowls and serve.

HAM HOCK AND WHITE BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Frizzled Shallots:
• Heat shallots and oil in a small saucepan over medium, swirling often, until shallots are deep golden brown, 6-8 minutes. Pour into a fine-mesh sieve set over a heatproof measuring glass. Give sieve a good shake, then spread out shallots on a paper towel to drain. Season with salt; let cool.
• Honey-Mustard Cream:
• Stir sour cream, mustard, and honey in a small bowl until smooth; season with pepper. Cover and chill.
• Stew and assembly:
• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium-high. Cook onions and garlic, cut side down, and carrots, turning carrots occasionally, until cut sides of onions and garlic are golden, about 4 minutes. Add wine, stirring to release any bits stuck on bottom of pot, and cook until reduced by two-thirds, about 2 minutes. Add ham hocks, thyme, beans, and 9 cups water. Season with several pinches of salt and lots of pepper and bring to a simmer. Cover with a lid, leaving slightly askew so steam can escape, and cook, adjusting heat to maintain a very gentle simmer and skimming foam from surface as needed, until beans are tender and creamy and broth is very flavorful, 2-2 1/2 hours.
• Remove pot from heat and transfer ham hocks to a cutting board. Let sit until cool enough to handle, then pull meat from bones and tear into bite-size pieces; discard fat, skin, and cartilage. Add meat and knuckle bones back to pot as you go. Let stew cool uncovered until no longer steaming. Cover pot and chill stew at least 12 hours (you can skip this step, but it will dramatically improve the flavor).
• Gently reheat stew, covered, until barely simmering. Pluck out and discard bones, thyme, and garlic heads (don't worry about any cloves that may have escaped into stew). Season with more salt and pepper if needed. Ladle into bowls and serve with Frizzled Shallots, Honey-Mustard Cream, cornichons, and/or dill as desired.
• Do Ahead
• Cream can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled. Stew can be made 3 days ahead. Keep chilled.

SLOW COOKER HAM AND BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Stir the black-eyed peas, black beans, garbanzo beans, chili beans, onion, ham, and garlic together in a slow cooker. Cook on Low for 5 hours. Top with sour cream to serve.

PORTUGUESE HAM HOCK AND CABBAGE STEW

Steps:

• Combine the oil ,garlic, onion over medium heat until light golden color. Add the cabbage and continue to saute for 2 minutes. Add the ham hocks, drained chickpeas and salt. Continue to stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the stock . Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium to low. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 2 1/2 hours. Skim off any fat that rises to the surface.
• You can substitute good bacon instead of hocks if you'd like. You can also add some white potatoes. I've even made it without any meat at all. Don't substitue Savoy cabbage for any other. Recipe needs this kind.
• Cook 1 cup white rice separately in a pot filled with at least 4 cups water until done.Should look like soup. Drain rice, scoop out and place in stew.

HAM CHILI STEW

Steps:

• In Dutch oven, heat oil and saute peppers, onion, and garlic until tender.
• Add ham, beans, tomatoes, tomato& picante sauces, and water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add remaining ingredients, lower heat, and simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
• Add cooked pasta, if desired, for"chili mac".

PINTO BEAN AND HAM HOCK STEW

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in water.
• Drain and pick out all bad beans or particles.
• Place beans in a stock pot with 4 cups of water.
• Add ham hocks and bring to a boil.
• Let beans and ham hocks boil for about 10 minutes and then turn down heat to medium.
• Add carrots, garlic, tomatoes, onion and celery.
• Cook for 4 hours on medium.
• By this time the ham hocks should be tender enough to take the meat off of the bone.
• Cut meat into little pieces the size of peas and return meat to soup.
• Discard bones.
• Add salt and pepper by measurement or to taste.
• Cook an additional 30 minutes to an hour to ensure the softness of beans.
• Enjoy!

HAM AND CABBAGE STEW

Steps:

• In a 5 quart saucepan or Dutch oven heat margarine until bubbly and hot.
• Add onion and garlic and saute until onion is softened.
• Add ham and mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add cabbage, carrots, bay leaf, caraway seed and pepper and continue sauteing for 5 minutes longer.
• Stir in water and broth, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Stir in dissolved cornstarch and let simmer, uncovered, until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf before serving.

VEGETABLE HAM STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, combine the first 13 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 hours or until cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally., Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into stew. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Discard bay leaves.

HAM AND POTATO STEW

Steps:

• Dice the bacon and ham into large pieces. Set ham aside.
• Brown the bacon and remove from pan.
• Chop celery and carrots and add to bacon grease, cook 5 minutes.
• Chop onion, garlic, and potatoes (1/4 inch dice) and add, along with the reserved ham, to carrots and celery. Cook an additional 5 minutes, just to brown the ham and potatoes slightly.
• Drain any remaining grease from the vegetable/ham mixture and move to a Dutch oven.
• Add rosemary, thyme, chicken base, water, and salt (to taste).
• Bring to a boil and simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until potatoes are just barely done.
• Add heavy cream and simmer 5 minutes, until potatoes are completely cooked.
• Turn off heat, toss in spinach and stir until spinach is wilted.
• Serve with your favorite garlic breadsticks.

HAM AND BEAN STEW

Steps:

• 1 Sauté ham in a large soup pot until it starts to turn golden brown. Add onion and garlic, and sauté until the onion is translucent. Add the carrots, celery, and pepper, and sauté until the carrots are beginning to soften. 2 Add the cans of tomatoes with the liquid and bring to a simmer. Add the drained and rinsed cans of beans. Add the ham or chicken broth until the soup is at the right consistency. Season with salt and pepper, dried herbs, and spices and bring to a simmer.

HAM AND SUCCOTASH STEW WITH CHEDDAR BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan cook the onion and the garlic in the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until the onion is softened. Add the ham,the carrot, the corn, the lima beans, the broth, the water, and the thyme and simmer the stew, covered, for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the carrot is tender. While the stew is simmering, in a bowl whisk together the cornmeal, the flour, the baking powder, and the salt, add the Cheddar, and toss the mixture well. Stir in the milk until the dough is just combined.
• Add the beurre manié to the stew, a little at a time, stirring until the sauce is thickened, and simmer the stew for 2 minutes. Transfer the stew to a buttered 1-quart shallow baking dish, drop the biscuit dough in 6 mounds on top of it, and bake the stew in the upper third of a preheated 425°F. oven for 15 minutes, or until the biscuits are golden.