Looking for very basic ham and bean soup recipe?

My grandma used to make the best ham and bean soup. She now has Alzheimers disease and cannot remember how to make it anymore; of course she never wrote her recipes down either! Her family was very poor when she was growing up and her mother used to make this bean soup. There are very few ingrediants, I am just not sure of the measurements for the most part. From what I remember it had: Beans (Northern or white I believe), ham, stock of some sort, a bay leaf ( I think) salt and pepper, and either a very mashed potato, or some of the beans were mashed to thicken a bit. Maybe a bit of milk? No other veggies at all that I can remember. She also would put dumplings in it too, which was especially yummy! Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!Looking for very basic ham and bean soup recipe?
Ham and Bean Soup





8 cups water


1 pound Great Northern beans or navy beans


2 cups cubed ham


1 ham bone or ham hock, optional


1/2 cup chopped onion


1/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste


1 bay leaf


1 carrot, chopped


1 rib celery, chopped or sliced thinly


1/2 teaspoon salt


1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce





Bring water and beans to a boil; boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 1 hour.


Stir in ham, ham bone or hock, pepper, bay leaf, carrot and celery. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer until beans are tender (skim foam from top), about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.





If soup is too thick, add a little water.


Remove ham bone or ham hock (if used) and trim meat from bone. Return meat to soup with tomato sauce and salt; simmer for about 15 minutes longer. Remove bay leaf.Looking for very basic ham and bean soup recipe?
Ham and Bean Soup





1 lb soup dried beans, soaked in water overnight


2 lbs ham hocks


10 cups water


14 ounces stewed tomatoes, chopped


8 ounces tomato sauce


4 medium potatoes, cubed


3 beef bouillon cubes


2 bay leaves


2 tablespoons parsley flakes


1 tablespoon salt


1 tablespoon minced garlic


1/2 tablespoon black pepper


1/2 teaspoon dried thyme





-Combine all ingredients in large pot; simmer over low heat for 4 hours.


-Remove ham hocks from pot. Cut off meat. Take half of the soup and put in blender to make soup thicker. Return meat to pot. Discard bones and fat.


-Simmer over low heat for 1 hour.


-Remove bay leaves from soup before serving.
Take 1 100 lb bag of white beans


! large pig


1/2 bushel of onions ( your choice)


10 pounds 0f salt


Combine in large pot with 50 gal of clear creek water.... Simmer 36 hours
If you are pressed for time use canned beans...and you my omit the other veggies (carrots and celery, but I do suggest the onion and garlic....good luck





* 1 pound dry great Northern beans


* 8 cups water


* 1/2 teaspoon salt


* 1 ham hock


* 1 cup chopped carrots


* 1/2 stalk celery, chopped


* 1 cup chopped onion


* 1 teaspoon minced garlic


* 1 teaspoon mustard powder


* 2 bay leaves


* 2 cups chopped ham


* 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper





DIRECTIONS





1. Rinse the beans, sorting out any broken or discolored ones. In a large pot over high heat, bring the water to a boil. Add the salt and the beans and remove from heat. Let beans sit in the hot water for at least 60 minutes.


2. After the 60 minutes of soaking, return the pot to high heat and place the ham bone, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, mustard and bay leaves in the pot. Stir well, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 60 more minutes.


3. Remove ham bone and discard. Stir in the chopped ham and simmer for 30 more minutes. Season with ground white pepper to taste.