Hambone Soup from Leftovers
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Hambone soup is a light, delicious and nutritious soup that uses up holiday leftover ham and veggies. Naturally cured ham, fresh vegetables and white kidney beans combine with chicken stock and fresh spices for a fragrant, tasty meal. This is a High-Fiber, Low-Fat, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free meal. Add some homemade rolls for cozy winter comfort food.
Our family Christmas party happened the day after Christmas this year. As often happens, we had way too much food, mostly goodies, and all the leftovers are sitting around my counters calling me. My stomach feels leaden from all the delicious heavy, richness I have overindulged in this week! A light healthy soup sounds heavenly today. So I’m making one!
My mom brought us a lovely spiral cut ham with the bone in for our meat entrée. She bought a naturally cured ham with no preservatives or nitrates, from local Hempler family farms. We loved it! The hambone sat buried in slices of honey flavored ham bits and slices until today. Now I’m ready to make hambone soup!
Our greenhouse tomatoes are sitting around our counters so into the stock pot they go! Some of them are still green but they will be lovely in the soup.
Dave pulled all of the tomato and pepper plants out in the greenhouse so he could work on the raised beds. He’s installing a watering system! I’ll post about that soon. In the meantime, my counters have peppers that need using so some of them are making hambone soup.
Recipe notes on Hambone soup:
The Rotel tomatoes and fresh peppers add a bit of spicy zing to the otherwise very tame soup ingredients. Let your imagination go and try a bit of your favorite spices in this soup. Smoked paprika or sweet mesquite may also work very well with the ham! Cajun? Indian curry? Getting dangerous at this point. I played it safe today and stayed with a soup I knew would be reliably delicious. Hambone soup has to compete with a lot of other great food this week at our house.
Fresh spices add needed flavor. Thyme and bay leaves both compliment the hambone flavor in this soup. If you don’t have fresh; just put in dried!
Add some frozen organic corn, Rotel tomatoes and a can of stewed Italian flavored tomatoes. Now simmer until the meat falls off the bone. My soup is coming alive! About an hour before the soup is done I removed the bone(dogs were very happy to take it outside); added in three diced, medium russet potatoes and two cans of white kidney beans. I simmered it another hour. While the soup simmered I made homemade dinner rolls.
A perfect finishing touch to a light meal. Very welcome after so much heavy food this week!
Hambone Soup
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
184 CALORIES/serving
Fat: 1 g
Carbs: 37 g
Protein: 10g
Hambone Soup
Hambone soup is a light, delicious and nutritious soup that uses up holiday leftover ham and veggies. Naturally cured ham, fresh vegetables and white kidney beans combine with chicken stock and fresh spices for a fragrant, tasty meal. This is a High-Fiber, Low-Fat, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free meal
Ingredients
- One meaty hambone
- 3 medium carrots-peeled and diced
- 2 fresh diced mild peppers
- I onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 to 3 Cups fresh tomatoes chopped small, ( may be green)
- 1 can Italian stewed tomatoes
- 1 can Rotel tomatoes
- 2 cans beans, I used white kidney beans
- 2 12 oz. cans chicken broth
- 3 russet potatoes chopped small
- Several sprigs of fresh thyme
- 3 bay leaves
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place hambone in a large stock pot or crock pot. Add the chicken broth, rotel tomatoes, Italian tomatoes, and veggies except the potatoes and white kidney beans.
- Add the thyme and bay leaves.
- Simmer on low for 2 to 3 hours until the meat falls of the bone.
- Remove the bone and chop up the larger meat chunks into the soup to bite sized pieces.
- Remove hard fat or gristle as desired.
- Add the potatoes and kidney beans and simmer another hour.
Notes
Serve with crusty rolls or artisan bread
Nutrition Information
Amount Per Serving Calories 184
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Love soups made with hambone – makes the very best flavor!! Thanks for sharing with us at #TryaBiteTuesday – come back and share again this week – we’ll start a new party tomorrow evening! I’ve done some sharing of your delicious recipe to pass the word!
Thank you so much Debra! Looking forward to the party next week!
What a lovely, proper comfort food sort of soup! Those rolls look super too!
Thank you Elizabeth!
So full of great taste and no doubt tummy-warming too!
Yes indeed Linda! A wonderful, comforting warm soup of leftovers! We love eating like this!
this looks so hearty and wonderful! love the balance of fresh produce and leftover ingredients.
Thank you Justine. It’s a tasty soup!
This looks so good! I could go for a nice hot bowl of soup right now.
Me too Debi! I love this soup!
What a great way to use leftovers and the soup is perfect for the cold winter days!
It really is Katerina. Full of nutrition!
Soup looks so hearty and delicious!
Thank you Divya. It is!
We have quite a bit of leftover ham, so happy you shared your delicious recipe for Hambone Soup. I’ll be making this for sure.
Enjoy Joanne! I hope your family loves it as much as we do!
This is a hearty and delicious soup indeed! Yummy!
Thank you Abigail! I agree completely!
I love how you used up leftovers and veggies from your garden. Sounds so amazing.
Thank you KC. This is a great way to use up leftovers and garden produce. We love soups like these. It’s a great way to clean out the fridge!
I am with you on needing a veggie-laden, lighter soup after all those rich meals. Wonderful recipe!
Thank you Dorothy. After a week of heavy rich dishes, lighter food is great for clearing out the digestive track!
This is a lovely hearty soup with so many delicious flavors.
Thank you Janette! This really is a delicious soup!
This is gorgeous and wow does your Hambone Soup look delicious, thank you for bringing it to the link party—sure hope to see you this Thursday on #PureBlogLove !!!