1-Hour Ham and Bean Soup

Kelly M.'s Note:

Made this one up myself, from a mix of different recipes. No need to wait for dry beans to soak. You get great homemade soup in about an hour!

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup diced or sliced carrot
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cups diced ham
• ½ teaspoon minced garlic
• 3 ½ cups ham stock (water can be substituted) or 3 ½ cups chicken broth (water can be substituted)
• 2 (15 ½ ounce) cans great northern beans , not drained
• 3 -4 tablespoons tomato sauce
• pepper

Directions:

1. Heat vegetable oil in a soup pot.
2. Add carrots, celery and onion.
3. Sauté for about 4 minutes, just until onion is beginning to soften.
4. Add ham, sauté 2 minutes.
5. Add garlic, sauté one more minute.
6. Add 3 cups stock, bring to a low boil for about 10 minutes, stirring once or twice.
7. Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine all but 1/2 of a can of beans, including juice, and the tomato sauce.
8. Process until smooth.
9. Add remaining stock to processor to thin mixture.
10. Process to combine.
11. Add mixture from processor into ham mixture.
12. Add remaining 1/2 can of beans, stir to blend, bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
13. Serve hot!

Reviews

[Donut Chef]

Delicious! Ten stars, if there were such a category. I used chicken broth and a couple of leftover slices of black forest ham. I assumed it would end up like Campbell's bean and bacon soup, but was much better. When I open a can of tomato paste and just need a couple of tablespoons, I freeze the rest in 1 Tb. portions, so I just grabbed some of that out of the freezer instead of opening a can of tomato sauce.

[HealthNutSarah]

Oh my goodness, YUM! Thanks for a great recipe. The only thing I did different was that I simply mashed the beans down instead of sticking them in the processor...it was so quick and easy, and the soup turned out amazing. I can't wait to eat more of it!

[MA in Florida]

Great recipe, Kelly M. An awesome use for leftover ham. I made it as posted except I used 3 cans of beans as some reviewers suggested. We really loved it. Thank you for posting!