Ham Bone Soup

This Ham Bone Soup is a delicious and cozy recipe for leftover ham! Reduce waste and use up that leftover ham bone in this hearty soup recipe. 

If you’re looking for more cozy soup recipes, be sure to check out some of my other favorites like 5 Ingredient Bone Broth Vegetable Soup, Healthy Beef Soup with Leeks, How to Make Turkey Carcass Soup With Bone Broth, or Meyer Lemon Chicken & Wild Rice Soup.

A Quick Look At The Recipe

• Recipe Name: Ham Bone Soup
• Ready In: 3 hours 15 minutes
• Makes: 4 servings
• Main Ingredients: ham bone, potatoes, green beans, carrots
• Flavor Profile: cozy, comforting
• Dietary Info: gluten free, no seed oils, eggless, dairy free
• Difficulty: Easy!
• Why You’ll Love It: reduce food waste and turn your ham bone into soup

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• 15 Minutes: This leftover ham recipe takes 15 minutes to prep!
• Easy: This leftover ham recipe is so easy! You can make this in your slow cooker or in your Dutch oven, either works. 
• Healthy: This Ham Bone Soup is a healthy soup recipe with protein, carbs, and veggies. This soup is a complete meal, but you can also serve it with bread or toast. 
• Uses Leftovers: I hate food waste, so I love that this recipe uses the ham bone as well as leftover ham! This leftover ham recipe gives you another totally different meal out of that ham! 

Ingredients

• Ham Bone: I use the leftover ham bone from my Savory Mustard Herb Ham to create a pork broth for this soup.
• Ham: This leftover ham recipe uses chopped pieces of ham for protein in this soup.
• Potatoes: I use organic Russet potatoes here, but you can use any kind you like.

*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.

Tips for Ham Bone Soup

• I made this recipe with leftover ham and bone from my Savory Mustard Herb Ham. Any savory ham recipe leftovers will work for this soup. 
• If you don’t have a leftover ham bone, you can skip that step and just sue any kind of broth you like (vegetable, chicken, or beef all work). 
• You can use different veggies if you want to use up veggies in your fridge. Other veggies that would be delicious would be onion, bell peppers, broccoli, or cauliflower. 

How to Make Ham Bone Soup

1. Add the ham bone and 6 cups of water to a 4-quart Dutch oven. Put over high heat and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and put the lid on. Simmer for 4 hours.

2. Slice the celery and carrots.

3. Trim off the ends of the green beans and cut into bite sized pieces.

4. Cut the potatoes into 1 to 2-inch cubes.

5. Chop leftover ham into small cubes.

6. After the ham bone has simmered for 3 hours, remove it from the Dutch oven. Add the veggies, potatoes, and ham into the broth and stir to combine. Turn the heat up to medium and cook for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until the potatoes are soft when poked with a fork.

7. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve this soup with bread, toast, or just on its own. 

Make Ahead & Freezing Tips

Make Ahead: You can make this a couple days in advance and store in an airtight container in the fridge. Just reheat on the stovetop (or even the microwave is fine).

Freezing: You can also freeze this leftover ham bone soup in a freezer safe bag. Freeze for up to 3 months. To thaw, just thaw in the fridge for 24 hours and then heat in a pot on the stovetop until warm.

Serving Suggestions

• Toast up some Lemon Rosemary Sourdough Bread or Sourdough Discard Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread.
• Enjoy with Bone Broth Everything Bagels or Homemade Sesame Bagels for a light lunch.
• Make a Simple Green Salad with Homemade Dressing or Kale Apple Salad with Honey Dijon Dressing for a side.

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