White Bean Soup with Ham

"Simple, cheap, hearty and delicious. From Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything." I love cause there's no need to presoak the beans."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
8
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ingredients

  • 1 lb smoked ham hock, about
  • 3 cups dried small white beans, rinsed and picked over
  • 12 12 cups vegetable stock or 12 cups water
  • 2 medium onions, quartered
  • salt and pepper
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directions

  • Put smoked ham hock, beans, and liquid together in large saucepan.
  • Turn heat on to medium high.
  • Add onions.
  • Bring mixture to a boil.
  • Turn heat down to medium low and cover with tilted lid to only cover partially.
  • Cook, stirring occasionally until beans are very soft and meat is falling apart at least one hour.
  • Turn off heat.
  • Remove meat and chop it up if desired and return to pot.
  • Serve with cornbread.
  • Yummy!

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Reviews

  1. Delicious! I used 1 small onion, chopped fine. Wonderful! thank you.
     
  2. Multiplied the recipe 20 times (!) because I work in an industrial kitchen, it was fabulous! VERY simple, and inexpensive. I made 4 additions: sauteed the onions in butter before adding broth; chopped up some celery and sauteed with the onions, added a few bay leaves and some thyme during the simmering. I also soaked the beans previous to cooking. Otherwise, used the ratios exactly according to recipe and it was delicious! Thanks for sharing, it was my first time ever making this type of soup. Everyone loved it.
     
  3. I use ham shanks they are meatier and the meat is better tasting then hocks and the have the same smoky flavor.
     
  4. This is a great and simple soup recipe. I like the added flavor of using chicken broth instead of just water. The onion also added another great layer of flavor. I didn't use ham hocks and instead tossed in a very meaty bone from our spiral baked ham. It was perfection, although my beans did need almost 2 hours to become tender. It wasn't a worry, as I cooked this on a lazy Sunday to enjoy later in the week for an easy dinner with Recipe #141192.
     
  5. So glad I didn't have to soak the beans overnite and the results were the same. I used 2 cups veg stock and 4 cups beef broth and 4 cups water. Also added a can chopped tomatoes and some garlic.
     
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  1. This is a great and simple soup recipe. I like the added flavor of using chicken broth instead of just water. The onion also added another great layer of flavor. I didn't use ham hocks and instead tossed in a very meaty bone from our spiral baked ham. It was perfection, although my beans did need almost 2 hours to become tender. It wasn't a worry, as I cooked this on a lazy Sunday to enjoy later in the week for an easy dinner with Recipe #141192.
     

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