Stewing a leftover ham bone makes this One Pot Ham and Bean Soup with Potatoes flavorful broth incredibly tasty! It’s SERIOUSLY GOOD and a great way to use up leftover ham and a ham bone. One Pot Ham and Bean Soup with Potatoes is one of our most popular recipes!
And, it’s perfect on a cold winter’s day because warms you up and makes you forget about how you want to pack your bags, grab your dog and high tail out of here to Florida before the roads freeze into a skating rink!
Ham Potato and Bean Soup with Potatoes
You stew a ham bone in chicken stock to make this marriage of flavors! You’ll want to make this recipe again and again. Oh ham…ham makes everything tasty! Plus, it’s gluten-free and only 130 calories per serving!!!
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Because it’s made with a ham bone, it needs little seasoning. I use Cannellini beans or white beans but, you can use any bean you like. The ham bone bathes, as in soaks, in chicken stock where it excretes its natural pork juices and makes for a flavorful stock! I mean flavorful! As in …lick the bowl kind of flavorful!
The broth is REALLY TASTY!
Don’t ever throw out the ham bone after you make a ham! Put in the freezer and save it to make soup!
Don’t be intimidated by making homemade soup. I was back in the day but, turns out after all of these years, it’s easy to make a good soup base. Homemade soup is not only better tasting but, it’s more healthy too. It doesn’t have all that sodium like canned soup does. Plus, it’s 10 times more delicious!
Just look at that soup! It’s full of veggies, bean and yummy ham!
Use up ham leftovers with this Ham, Potato and Bean Soup. Adding potatoes makes it more hearty and filling. Who doesn’t like potatoes?
When I cook a whole turkey, I’ll save the carcass (yes, I know the word carcass sounds gross) and boil it until it renders turkey stock and then I’ll freeze the stock to use for soups or nearly any recipe that calls for chicken stock like, One Pot Corn and Crab Chowder. But, you can use canned chicken broth and still get a great tasting ham and bean soup!
Ham Potato and Bean Soup with Potatoes
How to Make One Pot Ham and Bean Soup with Potatoes
*The full recipe is at the bottom of this post.
First, in a stock pot, stew the ham bone in chicken or turkey stock, preferably homemade chicken stock, for about an hour. If you stew the ham bone in homemade chicken or turkey stock, you’ll get a “SERIOUSLY GOOD” broth! The ham bone really flavors the turkey or chicken stock. Therefore, it’s an important step to achieve the great broth flavor of this soup. Don’t skip it.
Meanwhile, chop celery, onions, carrots and potatoes. Do the potatoes last or soak them in water so they don’t turn brown. When the ham bone is ready to come out , in one hour, remove it. Add one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil with a little dried thyme, garlic powder and the chopped vegetables to the stock.
Let it cook for about 15 min or until the potatoes and carrots are tender. Then, add the beans. Cannellini beans (white kidney beans a.k.a. Great Northern Beans) or whatever kind of soup bean you like and the chopped ham.
That’s it! It’s so easy to make!
I make this ham bone bean and potato soup after I’ve baked my Cranberry Orange Baked Ham or any time I make a bone-in ham, so I can use the ham bone. Rinse off the bone to get the sugar glaze off. You can freeze the ham bone to make the soup later.
Flavorful One Pot Ham, Potato and Bean Soup is easy-to-make with little clean up! Yep, I said “little clean up.” This is soup you don’t need to feel guilty about eating. It’s nutritious and low calorie. Curb your winter blues by making “SERIOUSLY GOOD” One Pot Ham, Potato and Bean Soup! It’s one of our most popular recipes.
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This Ham Potato and Bean Soup with potatoes recipe was adapted from this delicious Art and the Kitchen Ham and Bean Soup recipe. The biggest change I made was adding potatoes but, there are a few other changes like using white beans and some other little tweaks.
One Pot Ham, Potato and Bean Soup
Can You Freeze a Ham Bone For Later Use?
YES! So when you’re cleaning up the kitchen from making a ham, don’t toss the ham bone! Put the ham bone in a plastic freezer bag (or storage bag) and freeze it for up to six months.
If you’re making Ham and Potato Soup with the ham bone, you’ll also want to freeze about 3 cups of the cooked ham to put in the soup.
Can you Freeze Leftover Cooked Ham?
Yes! It will last 3-4 months in the freezer.
How Long Is Leftover Ham Good For?
Spiral cut cooked hams are good for 3-5 days in the refrigerator and 3 months in the freezer. Although, I’ve used spiral cut ham up to six months in the freezer and it was still good.
Uncooked hams are good for 2-3 months in the refrigerator and up to 1 month in the freezer.
Cooked hams are good for up to 7 days in the refrigerator and up to 1 month in the freezer.
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I took this recipe to Weekend Potluck!
One Pot Ham and Bean Soup with Potatoes
Ingredients
- 8 cups of chicken or turkey stock
- 1 leftover ham bone
- 2 14.5 oz canned Cannellini Great Northern, Pinto or Red Kidney Beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cups of diced peeled potatoes or two small-medium potatoes
- 3 cups of chopped ham
- 1 1/2 cups of diced celery
- 1 1/2 cups of diced baby carrots
- 1 cup of chopped onions or 1 medium onion chopped
- 1/2 tsp of dried thyme
- 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp of garlic powder
- black pepper and salt to taste
Instructions
- Place chicken, turkey stock or vegetable stock into a large stock pot with the ham bone and bring to a boil. Your ham bone will probably not be covered by the broth which, is o.k. Cook on medium heat for one hour, covered. Meanwhile, about 20 minutes prior to taking out the ham bone, prepare vegetables. Prep potatoes last because they will brown if they sit out too long.
- When ham bone is ready to come out of stock pot (after one hour of stewing,) remove it, turn heat to medium-high and add the vegetables, one tbs of extra virgin olive oil, thyme, garlic powder and black pepper. Cook 15 minutes or so. Add beans and ham and cook another 5 minutes. Salt to taste, if necessary. You may need to add one to two cups of water if a lot of the stock has steamed out while cooking.
Hi Veronica. Yes, this soup can be made without a ham bone and just ham. It will still be delicious!
Can I make this recipe without an ham bone and just ham?
Thanks for the 5-star rating Margaux! I’m glad everyone liked it. It’s great when the kids will eat it too.
This is and was absolutely delish!! I added some fresh sautéed garlic in the pot and it is now a favorite with my family! And of course, my husband and I added Louisiana Hot sauce which absolute made this recipe even more outstanding!! Thank you Joanne!!
Hi Stephanie. I truly appreciate your 5-star rating and am glad I can share a recipe with you that you love. It makes me happy.
Used my ham bone from Thanksgiving and wow. This is amazing. I dont like beans but me and my husband tore this up. I’m making my second batch with a ham bone I bought from honey baked ham company. So excited. I’ve been craving this since I made it last time. Love love love this recipe!!!
Hi Ashley. No, you’d have to soak the beans overnight (see package directions) first and then add them to the soup when you add the potatoes. Hope you both like the recipe. We sure do.
Just the type of recipe I was looking for! Got a ham bone last night from dinner and my hubby said he wants to make ham and potato soup with it. Question, if I were to use dried beans, do you think it would be good to add them to the stock in the beginning with the ham bone? So they have time to fully cook? Can’t wait to make and eat this soup!
Thanks Nancy. This is my most popular recipe on my blog. I can’t bake a ham without making this soup afterward.
This soup looks great! I love one-pot recipes! 🙂
Thanks Maribeth. This is quite popular on my blog.
Thank you! It’s great being part of Meal Plan Monday.
You’re welcome. It’s great seeing the recipes every week!
I love to make my own soups and this sounds delicious! Making your own broth is so rewarding, it is always worth the effort!
Thank you for bringing this to Fiesta Friday! 🙂
GREAT recipe! Thanks for linking up. Was just here grabbing the photo to include in my Meal Plan Monday newsletter!
Gratefully,
Christy
I love soups this time of year, and this Ham Potato Bean Soup looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Rebecca! My homemade soups are most popular on the site. Glad your whole family liked it!
Made it and it was a huge hit with the husband and three kids!! Definitely a keeper!!!
I made it yesterday with the leftover ham bone from Easter. Let me know how it turned out.
Thank you so much Cathy. I’m really glad you liked the soup and left a comment too. I happen to have made this yesterday with my leftover ham bone. My husband and I love it and it is my most popular recipe thus far. Hope you’ll come back and visit again.
Made the soup last night and it is very good. My husband even likes it. Will be keeping the recipe and always making your Ham & Bean soup with any left over ham bones/ham. Thanks for sharing.
Going to try this with sweet potatoes. Sounds delicious!
That does sound delicious indeed! Bookmarked and ready to go 😉
Hi Rose. A bone-in ham. I think it was Hatfield brand.
What kind of ham do you use?
Thanks! It is one of my favorite soups.
There is nothing like a delicious bowl of hearty soup this time of year! I love all the nutritious ingredients in this hearty recipe.
It is the perfect time of year for homemade soup!
I’m happy to report this soup is quite popular and one of my favs.
Looks like a great alternative to ham and pea soup (not a big pea lover!). Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Farrah. I really like this soup and always make it when I have a leftover ham bone. The broth is amazingly flavorful.
Soup is so perfect for this time of year! This looks super tasty and filling! :]!