Ham soup?

[Drama Llama]

I have this fake homemade honey baked ham left over from Christmas.  I have a lot, plus the bone. so I was going to make ham soup with white beans and greens with the bones and some meat and save the rest for sandwiches.

Should I use all the parts of the ham or should I just use the unglazed parts?  Also any good recipes?  

Edited December 26, 2020 by BaseballandHockey
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[City Mouse]

If the glaze is really sweet, I will sometimes wash it off before putting in soup. I have never used a recipe. I get ideas from the internet though.

[ScoutTN]

I always use the recipe on the back of the 15-bean bag of beans for ham and bean soup. It's easy and good. 

[marbel]

I've made this recipe from Bob's Red Mill, though I don't always use the 13-bean soup mix, rather a mix of dried beans I have on hand. I use less chili powder than called for, and add pieces of ham into the soup toward the end of cooking (the recipe just calls for a ham hock).

I'd wipe or cut off the glaze.

Ham freezes well; when we have leftover ham I thinly slice what I can for sandwiches and freeze it. We also always end up with some chunks too thick for sandwiches; I freeze those too for using in recipes. 

[Pawz4me]

I don't like any kind of sweet ham in soup. It tastes all wrong to me.

I do bean and ham soup pretty simply -- 

A pound of washed/soaked/drained beans

However much smoked, diced ham I have on hand or seems right (and a bone if I've got it)

About a cup each of diced onions, carrots and celery

About a teaspoon of cumin and paprika

About half a teaspoon of pepper

A couple of bay leaves

Broth to cover--I usually use about six cups or so

I don't add salt, because the ham and broth always have plenty for us. But you can add some if desired

(Lots of people like some tomatoes or tomato paste. We don't.)

I've never added in greens, but if I wanted to I'd wait until the beans were done and then blend some of them (immersion blender), add them back in the pot along with the greens and cook until done.

[Drama Llama]

Thanks everyone!

I don't really like ham, and I don't like sweet and meat at all, which is why this is hard.  It's always easier to cook things you enjoy eating.  

My kids love it, and they love the sweet crunch bits the most.  I was thinking I could cut off the outside half and freeze that for sandwiches, and then use us the inside part where there's less glaze.  I'll wash it too, that's a good idea.  

 

[Drama Llama]

1 hour ago, Pawz4me said:

I don't like any kind of sweet ham in soup. It tastes all wrong to me.

 

I feel like maybe I misread this.  Are you saying this ham isn't destined to be soup at all?  

[Pawz4me]

48 minutes ago, BaseballandHockey said:

I feel like maybe I misread this.  Are you saying this ham isn't destined to be soup at all?  

I'm saying I wouldn't use it. I've BTDT and didn't like it. I could still detect a sweet taste, and I don't like that in bean soup. My DH agreed he could taste the sweetness and didn't care for it, either. But other people may like it just fine.

In fact (and very coincidentally) -- I wanted to make bean soup tomorrow. I like to keep some in the freezer, and DH ate the last of it the other day. And I have plenty of leftover honey glazed ham from our Christmas Eve dinner. But I went to the grocery store this morning and bought a ham steak to cut up and use in the bean soup.

Edited December 26, 2020 by Pawz4me

[Drama Llama]

21 minutes ago, Pawz4me said:

I'm saying I wouldn't use it. I've BTDT and didn't like it. I could still detect a sweet taste, and I don't like that in bean soup. My DH agreed he could taste the sweetness and didn't care for it, either. But other people may like it just fine.

In fact (and very coincidentally) -- I wanted to make bean soup tomorrow. I like to keep some in the freezer, and DH ate the last of it the other day. And I have plenty of leftover honey glazed ham from our Christmas Eve dinner. But I went to the grocery store this morning and bought a ham steak to cut up and use in the bean soup.

So, would you just throw out this ham bone?  

I can cut up the rest of the meat for sandwiches or something.  

[HS Mom in NC]

We like this one.  You don't have to soak the dry beans overnight.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17628/basic-ham-and-bean-soup/?internalSource=hub recipe&referringContentType=Search

[Drama Llama]

Just now, Homeschool Mom in AZ said:

We like this one.  You don't have to soak the dry beans overnight.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17628/basic-ham-and-bean-soup/?internalSource=hub recipe&referringContentType=Search

With glazed ham?

I guess what I'm really asking is if I can use this ham and bone that I have.  

[Pawz4me]

9 minutes ago, BaseballandHockey said:

So, would you just throw out this ham bone?  

I can cut up the rest of the meat for sandwiches or something.  

I threw ours out. As much as I would have liked to use it, we just don't like the soup made from it.

I don't want to talk you out of trying it -- you and your family may love it. But when I tried it I kind of kicked myself afterwards. It's not like it's a big deal to make ham and bean soup--it's really one of the easiest things ever--but I was kinda mad that I wasted the effort.

[HS Mom in NC]

2 minutes ago, BaseballandHockey said:

With glazed ham?

I guess what I'm really asking is if I can use this ham and bone that I have.  

The ham bones I use don't have much ham on them.  They don't have any of the outer layer on them and neither does the chopped ham added in at end.  It's just the inner meaty part of the ham, no "rind" or whatever the term is for ham.

[ScoutTN]

1 hour ago, BaseballandHockey said:

So, would you just throw out this ham bone?  

I can cut up the rest of the meat for sandwiches or something.  

No! The sweet glaze on the outside doesn't affect the nice smoky taste of the bone and the meat close to it. Don't waste a good meaty bone! Freeze it if you are undecided about the soup for now.  I never add extra meat to bean soup, just the bits that are onthe bone, though I don't trim the bone carefully either. 

Edited December 26, 2020 by ScoutTN