Italian Ham And Bean Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Boil sausage to remove excess fat, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Skin ham hocks, and remove excess fat. In a large pot, brown sausage and ham hocks over medium heat. Drain off excess fat.
• Add potatoes, celery, parsley, beans, tomato sauce, tomatoes, salt, pepper, chili sauce, bay leaves, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce to the meat; add just enough water to cover. Bring to boil, then reduce to simmer. Cover, and continue to cook for 2-3 hours.
• Remove ham hocks and cut meat into bite-size pieces. Return meat to pot. Serve.

Steps:

• Place ham hock in 6 cups of water and bring to boil, lower to simmer for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, sauté butter, onion, celery, carrot, and garlic until onion turns translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Once ham hock has started to fall off the bone (about 1 hour), remove from heat, reserve liquid (at least 4 cups or whatever is left over). Dice up ham and add back to pot with reserved liquid. Add chicken stock, sautéed onion mixture, thyme, and all of the beans.
• Cook on medium heat until it comes to a boil then simmer for 1 hour.
• Add 1/2 can of tomatoes after beans and ham have been cooking for 45 minutes (during the last 15 minutes of cooking).

Steps:

• In crock pot, combine beans, ham, carrots, onion and pepper. Stir in undrained tomatoes and broth. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hrs or high for 3-4 hours. Stir in Kale or Spinach just before serving. Sprinkle each serving with Parmesan cheese, if desired.