Navy, Pinto Bean and Ham Soup

Submitted by cooking 4 fun

"I came up with this one day when I had left over ham that needed used up. Enjoy! It's pretty good and gets better each time it's warmed up."

 

• Ready In: 5hrs
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 473.18 ml navy beans
• 473.18 ml pinto beans
• 907.18 g ham (cut 1-inch cubes)
• 6 carrots (peeled & sliced)
• 1 large onion (peeled & diced)
• 3 stalk celery (cleaned & chopped)
• 4.92 ml thyme (dried)
• 4.92 ml cumin (ground)
• 1 bunch Italian parsley (cleaned & chopped)
• 4.92 ml cayenne pepper (ground)
• 9.85 ml red hot sauce
• salt & pepper

directions

1. Soak the beans overnight (follow instructions on the package) or quick soak them. After soaking, rinse the beans and place in a large pot.
2. Add the remaining ingredients to the pot, cover with water and bring to a boil.
3. Once boiling, reduce the heat and cook on medium to low for approximately 3-4 hours until the soup reaches desired consistency (usually thick and creamy). You may have to add water.
4. Remember to stir often, as the beans cook on the bottom of the pot.

Reviews

[Deb R.]

Thank you for a delicious recipe! I also was looking for a recipe to substitute pinto beans with navy beans as I only had canned beans. With a mixture of both beans and a little chicken broth it turned out great. Froze the leftovers for another meal. Thanks again!

 

[gonebananas83]

I submitted a review but it's not showing up so I will try again. I came across this recipe on Yahoo when I was doing a search on whether you could replace navy beans with pinto beans in recipes. I decided to click on this recipe rather than finding my answer. I'm glad I clicked on the recipe instead! This was a wonderful recipe. It would go great with smoked sausage as well. I did add a little flour at the end just because I like creamier soups. But either way it wasn't too runny prior to adding the flour. The flavor was more Cajun than anything. Awesome recipe!! Thank you!