Green Bean and Ham Soup

Name: Green Bean and Ham Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 cups fresh green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces; 3 cups potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes; 2 cups ham, cubed, cooked; 1 cup onion, chopped (1 large); 4 cups water; 1 tablespoon cooking oil; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon fresh dill, snipped or 1 teaspoon dried dill, crushed (I do not like dill so I added 1/2 tsp. basil and 1 bay leaf.); 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1 cup half-and-half or 1 cup light cream

Submitted by hcopeland

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Ready In:: 28mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 6

ingredients

4 cups fresh green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces
3 cups potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
2 cups ham, cubed, cooked
1 cup onion, chopped (1 large)
4 cups water
1 tablespoon cooking oil
¹⁄₄ cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon fresh dill, snipped or 1 teaspoon dried dill, crushed (I do not like dill so I added 1/2 tsp. basil and 1 bay leaf.)
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon black pepper
1 1 cup half-and-half or 1 cup light cream

directions

In a 4- or 6-quart pressure cooker combine green beans, potatoes, ham, onion, water, and oil. Lock lid in place. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe. Over high heat, bring cooker up to pressure.
Reduce heat just enough to maintain pressure and pressure regulator rocks gently; cook for 3 minutes.
Quick-release the pressure. Carefully remove the lid.
Stir together flour, dill, salt, black pepper, and milk, half-and-half, or light cream til smooth. Add to cooker. Cook over medium heat till thickened and bubbly.
Cook and stir for 1 minute more.

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Reviews

Did not have a pressure cooker, so just did it on the stove top. Also started with boiling leftover ham bone in the 4 cups of water. I then removed the ham from the bone plus added 1 cup more of water because the water had boiled down. Also added 1 cup of chopped celery and 2 -3 tbsp of chicken boullion. It is the time of year when beans are plentiful and you can't keep up just eating them as a side. Seached. Vwola. Found this. Thanx.

jorgydee
What a great soup!! The dill is a wonderful surprise and I have never used cream with ham. This recipe is sooo flavorful. Thanks so much for posting. I will be making this again. A keeper...=) !

Aroostook
thank you for this recipe. I needed something warm and creamy for here in central ny. I came upon this recipe. The soup was soooo good! I put some elbow maccaroni in it, which was suggested by another person that tried it. I put some sliced up carrots. I also used the half-and-half. My family loved it also. Nice!

Aunt Dawn
This soup saved me!!! Me and my family were doing an Iron Chef competition and it was battle Green Beans and I no clue what do do. Instead of just adding in the ham, I pan-fried it in some extra virgin olive oil. I also used red potatoes and onions instead of just your average potato and onion that you would think to use! It added a great flavor to the soup!!!! Long story short, I won the competition and the soup helped me win!!! Thanks for submitting this recipe!!!

Da Ladybug
I used the left over ham from easter it was candied so the soup had a sweet taste to it. It was great way to recycle the left overs.

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