- Sara @MomEndeavors
- December 29, 2020
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This easy slow cooker ham & bean soup recipe is the perfect way to use holiday ham leftovers! It’s a delicious soup recipe that comes together SO quickly and is one whole family will love!
Easy to Make
I LOVE a recipe that comes together easily in the slow cooker! Soups are perfect for that – just throw everything in the crock pot and let it go. This one is especially great for using up leftover ham. Ham is such a common main dish at so many holidays throughout the year, often leaving you with a ham bone and/or the back end of your spiral cut ham. So you can make this dish with those ham bone leftovers to really get the most of out your ham! It’s probably not a big surprise then that I tend to make a big batch of this soup after Christmas and after Easter! It serves up great with a side of cornbread – YUM!!!!
Making Ham & Bean Soup
Making this soup is SOOooo easy! You just chop up the ham & veggies and you’re all set! That’s it. There’s really not much too it! You just dump everything in the crock pot and let it go. This recipe even uses canned beans to keep it simple! Super easy!
Which beans are best for ham and bean soup?
You really can’t go wrong with white beans (Cannellini, Great Northern, or Navy) or pinto beans. I’ve made this recipe multiple times with whatever canned white bean or pinto beans I have on hand. It’s really just a matter of personal flavor preference or convenience with whatever you have on hand.
Time Saving Tips
In addition to canned beans (versus soaking and cooking dry beans), you can save tine even further by using frozen chopped onion and frozen sliced carrots. I try to keep a couple of bags of both in my freezer because they are SOOoooo easy for throwing together in soups! Fresh minced garlic in the fridge is another convenience item that you can use in this too!
Yum! Doesn’t that look good?! It’s super tasty and filling without being overly hearty or rich! And we love how it’s a way to use up that holiday ham!
For more recipes using ham, check out:
- 10+ Recipes using Leftover Ham
- Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
Worried you’re going to be sick of ham too quickly? Then save & freeze the ham bone! You can then use that ham bone to make the soup anytime! Perfect and easy!
Here’s the printable Slow Cooker Ham & Bean Soup recipe:
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Easy Slow Cooker Ham & Bean Soup
This slow cooker ham & bean soup is easy to make and one the whole family will love!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time6 hours hrs
Total Time6 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Course: Main Dish
Keyword: Slow Cooker, Soup
Servings: 10
Author: Sara @ Mom Endeavors
Equipment
Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 ham bone (with majority of meat removed)
- 2-2.5 cups ham, diced/cubed
- 2 15oz cans white or pinto beans, drained & rinsed (approx 4 cups)
- 3-4 carrots, diced
- 3-4 celery ribs, diced
- 1/2 - 1 whole onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced (approx 1TBSP)
- 6 cups liquid (can use ham stock, chicken stock, water or a combo)
- 2 bay leaves
Instructions
Prep ingredients (drain, rinse, wash, chop).
Place ham bone in crock.
Dump in all the meat and vegetables. Cover with liquid and add the bay leave.
Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
Once done, remove bay leaves & ham bone.
Serve and enjoy!
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*This post originally appeared March 2016 and has since been updated.
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Sara, Happy Easter to all of you at Mom Endeavors. 🙂 Since we will be feasting on a 10# ham Sunday (6 of us.) There will be leftovers and I will certainly be trying this recipe. Have a Great weekend, hugs, Carol Dee
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Awww, CAROL!!! So happy to see a comment from you!! 🙂 Hope all is well!!!
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Great recipe tips! I made this soup for my kid’s thanks for sharing the recipe.
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