Good Ole Creamy Ham And Veggie Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Place ham hocks, carrots, celery, onion and water in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 hours or until meat starts to all off the bones. , Add potatoes and vegetables; bring to a boil oil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove hocks; allow to cool. Remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Return meat to kettle. Stir in bean and bacon soup and pepper; heat through.

Steps:

• Add ham to water in large dutch oven or stock pot.
• Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 2 hours or so.
• Remove ham from water and put water in fridge until cooled completely. Pick and chop any meat from bone to add to soup.
• Gently remove hardened fat from top of broth with a slotted spoon and discard fat.
• Add chopped vegetables, tomatoes and garlic to broth and bring to a boil, simmer for about 20 minute
• Add chopped meat and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Taste broth, and add chicken soup base to your desired taste.
• Add more water and soup base as needed.
• You can also add a can of kidney or other type of beans and/or 2 cups of kernel corn, green or yellow beans or diced potatoes if you desire.
• This recipe is very versatile and you can add in whatever you personally like in the way of vegetables.
• You can even leave out the ham and use chicken, beef or vegetable soup base.

Steps:

• Peel and chunk potatoes.
• Boil in salted water until almost done (fork can pierce but not break potato chunk).
• Chop onion, cube ham and add to potato water during last 5 minutes of boiling time.
• While potatoes are cooking, in small saucepan melt butter.
• Stir in flour, stirring constantly.
• Slowly add the half and half.
• Stir to remove lumps till smooth and starting to thicken.
• Slowly add 2 cups milk; stirring constantly to prevent lumps and scorching.
• Add 1/2 of the Velveeta Cheese.
• Stir to melt cheese.
• Add remaining milk.
• Season to taste.
• Drain water from potato& onions reserving approximately 1/2 of the water.
• Place drained ham, potatoes& onions in large stock pot.
• Add milk mixture, remaining cheese and stir over low heat till cheese is melted.
• Garnish w/choice of chopped green onions, bacon crumbles and grated cheddar cheese.

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large soup pot over medium heat; cook potatoes, celery, white kidney beans, onion, and garlic in the hot oil until onion is lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth over the vegetables and place ham bone into the soup. Bring soup to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer soup until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes; remove ham bone and 2 cups of vegetables and kidney beans. Place the 2 cups vegetables and beans into a blender and process until pureed.
• Stir chopped ham into soup and pour in the pureed vegetables. Mix in corn and let the soup heat through before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oil and add onion, carrot, and bell pepper.
• Saute until soft and beginning to colour.
• Add ham bone, peppercorns, bay leaf and stock or water.
• Cover bring to a boil.
• Simmer one hour.
• Skim off foam.
• Add potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, partially cover.
• Cook on simmer for one hour.
• Add herbs and sauce and simmer 15 minutes.
• Add the parsley last, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• In large dutch oven, cook vegetables in salted water until tender. Do not drain.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt butter; whisk in flour and salt. Cook for 1 minute. Gradually stir in milk and cheese. Cook until cheese is melted and mixture is thickened. Fold in ham. Stir into vegetable mixture. Simmer until ready to serve.

Steps:

• In a medium size saucepan cook scallions and carrots in butter to soften. Add flour and stir until thoroughly combined with butter.
• Slowly add chicken broth, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Bring to a boil and simmer 2 min.
• Add ham, rice, cream, salt and pepper. Heat through, but do not bring to a boil.

Steps:

• Combine potatoes, onion, turkey, ham, celery, carrots, asparagus, peas, and butternut squash in a large pot. Pour chicken broth and water over mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer soup until potatoes and squash are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir Italian seasoning, white pepper, salt, and bay leaves into soup and continue to simmer.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk flour into butter, whisking constantly, until thickened, about 1 minute. Slowly stir milk into flour mixture until mixture it smooth and thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir milk mixture into soup and cook until thickened and heated through, 3 to 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Melt bacon grease in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in hot bacon grease until vegetables are slightly tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir potatoes into onion mixture; cook and stir until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Stir hot water and chicken bouillon together in a slow cooker until bouillon is dissolved; add onion mixture, ham bone, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, black pepper, and salt.
• Cook soup in the slow cooker set to Low for 4 to 6 hours. Remove ham bone from soup and let rest until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from ham bone and stir meat into soup.