Best 6 Lima And Navy Bean And Ham Soup Recipes

DAD'S LIMA BEAN SOUP WITH HAM BONE

Steps:

• Place beans in a large pot; cover with 2 inches water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 to 2 hours. Drain and rinse. Transfer beans to another container.
• Combine ham bone and 8 cups water in a large saucepan. Simmer over medium-low heat until remaining meat falls off the bone, about 2 hours. Remove and discard bone. Use a slotted spoon to transfer meat to a bowl.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add celery and onion; cook and stir until onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Add cooked ham bone meat, lima beans, and diced ham. Reduce heat and simmer, adding additional water as needed, until soup is thickened to desired consistency, about 90 minutes.
• Stir carrots, salt, pepper, and parsley into the soup. Let simmer until carrots are soft, about 30 minutes more.

LIMA BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Enjoy!

HAM AND LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place lima beans in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; add water to cover by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans, discard liquid., In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, cook onions and garlic until tender. Stir in the broth, ham, carrots, water, jalapeno, parsley, pepper and lima beans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50 minutes or until beans are tender.

NAVY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Place navy beans into a large pot and cover with cold water by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans.
• Use a small piece of kitchen twine to tie parsley and thyme sprigs and bay leaf into a small bundle. Place soaked beans, herb bundle, ham hocks, carrot, onion, and garlic into a large soup pot or Dutch oven. Pour 8 cups cold water over ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until beans and ham hocks are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Turn off heat; remove ham hocks and let cool. When they are cool enough to handle, remove meat from the bones, discarding the bones, fat, and skin. Chop ham into small cubes. Remove and discard herb bundle.
• Transfer about 3 cups cooked beans along with some cooking liquid into a blender; puree beans. Pour pureed beans back into soup, add cooked ham, and bring back to a simmer over medium heat. Season with kosher salt and black pepper to taste.

LIMA BEANS AND HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse and sort beans before adding to a pot of water and bringing to boil for 3 minutes.
• Set aside to soak for 1 hour.
• While beans are soaking, melt butter in large soup pot.
• Saute onions, carrots, and celery for 3-5 minutes.
• Add 8 cups water, bay leaf, salt and dash of pepper.
• Add halved potatoes.
• Drain lima beans and add to pot.
• Bring to a boil and then cover and reduce heat to medium low.
• Simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until beans are tender.
• Add cubed ham during last half hour.
• Mash the potato halves to thicken the stock.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

EASY CROCK POT HAM & LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Put everything into crock pot & stir.
• Cook on low 4-6 hours.
• At serving time you can use a potato masher, slotted spoon or a fork (if you want to do it right in the serving bowl) to mash up some of the potatoes and thicken the soup a bit.