Leftover Ham Bone ideas?

allboy · 01-12-2019, 01:39 PM

Cold winter day and football playoffs. I'm looking for ideas on what to do with the ham bone on the stove top. Grilling some pork steaks, and chicken. Your thoughts?

bschoen · 01-12-2019, 01:47 PM

Split pea soup.

JJJBBQ · 01-12-2019, 01:48 PM

Greens. Turnip or collard.

wmarkw · 01-12-2019, 01:49 PM

This is a family favorite. Absolutely my favorite. Adjust to your liking; very hard to screw up

Bean Soup

· Soak overnight 1 to 1.5 lb navy beans in water to cover. (l lb sack dried small navy beans)
· Pour off the water. In heavy stock pot, cover beans with new water, salt lightly and cook on medium heat.
While beans start to cook:
· Brown 2-3 cups of diced celery and 1 large onion diced in 2TBs of butter over medium heat.
· Add in excess pieces of ham and some fat to render flavor from the fat to the onion/celery mixture.
· Sautee the onion, celery, and ham mixture until ham/fat starts to brown up.
· Place ham remains (bone and meat on the bone and all excess meat) into simmering bean concoction.
· Add the onion, celery, and ham mixture all to the stock pot and simmer on low heat for about 6 hours or until tender.
· Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of black pepper during simmering process. (Start with one and then add more if desired; you can add but can’t take away!)
· You may add salt but remember Ham is naturally salty so after a couple hours of simmering taste and adjust for your preference.
· Add water as necessary as soup cooks as the stock will reduce.
· After six hours, remove bone from soup and pick clean all ham from the bone and place the meat back into the soup. The ham should start to shred, if not take the bigger chunks and pull apart, etc.
· The beans will be soft so take a potato masher and give the beans/soup a good mashing to break up/squish the beans. This should be a light chunky soup consistency. You do not want to be eating whole beans (like chili).
· Add a dash of Tabasco for flavor.

LloydQ · 01-12-2019, 01:49 PM

Navy or pinto beans are hard to beat. After the beans are tender, smush some of them up for a soup-like texture (or not-delicious either way). Great start to some red beans and rice, too.

Mikhail · 01-12-2019, 02:17 PM

Navy bean soup with some leftover smoky dripping in it. Can't be beat.

Quesera · 01-12-2019, 03:01 PM

Beans. Pinto or red beans or both. Or split pea soup.

Nuco59 · 01-12-2019, 05:16 PM

Not big one the split pea soup. You can tell me it's great all you want- looks like... well, not visually appealing- unless you are a HUGE Exorcist fan

Pintos, FTW

Smoking Piney · 01-12-2019, 05:17 PM

Stock or soup.

Dly4 · 01-12-2019, 06:14 PM

Lentils

kevinstaggs · 01-12-2019, 07:43 PM

And the correct answer is “D.” Pintos + collard greens + red beans & rice. Too bad you have to choose... Since we have to split the baby, I’ll go pintos.

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Swede · 01-12-2019, 08:23 PM

Cream of Ham/Cheddar and Potato soup

HAM BROTH (make first)

Broth Ingredients

Ham bone
Old freezer burnt ham bits or old bacon if available
2 onions
4-5 stalks celery with leaves
2-4 carrots (old carrots ok)
Water to top up stock pot

Bake ham bone till browned. In pot add coarsely chopped; carrots, onions, and celery old ham bits or old bacon (freezer burnt leftovers work well). Top up with water.

Add bay leaves (3-5), 1 tsp salt, and handful of peppercorns (1 tbs approx.).

Boil for 2-3 hrs and strain. Discard solids (veg/ham bone/meats) Save extra broth in freezer for next batch.

Soup Ingredients

6-8 cups peeled cubed potatoes (5-6 large potatoes), tip, slice potatoes in French fry cutter and use knife to cut fries to cubes… (leftover baked potatoes are great too)
8 cups ham broth
2 cups finely chopped celery
2 cups finely diced onion
4 cups diced ham (half football ham is about right when diced)
2 teaspoons salt (coarse salt preferred, if more desired adjust to taste after rue added)
1 teaspoon smoked chipotle (adjust to taste, best added after rue is mixed in)

Sauce (Rue base)

1 cup butter
1 cup flour
4 cups milk
2 cups shredded sharp/old cheddar cheese

Directions:

In large stock pot, add ham broth, ham cubes, and vegetables with water and salt/chipotle. Do not cook yet.

Meanwhile, in a saucepan on med high heat, melt butter; whisk in flour and salt. Cook for 1 minute. Gradually stir in milk while whisking constantly and cook till smooth consistency (a few minutes at max) Continue whisking and add cheese. Cook until cheese is melted and mixture is smooth and thickened.

Add Rue/Cheese mix to broth/veg/ham in stockpot and stir thoroughly. Simmer until vegetables are tender. (1 to 2 hrs on low heat, stirring occasionally.)

Enjoy!

Biloxidman · 01-12-2019, 08:24 PM

+1 white bean soup. Almost like wmarkw above but I just chop up an onion, a handful of green onions, tops and stems, 4 stalks of celery and add a can of Rotel tomatos. After several hours the bone should be clean so pull it out.

Rocky Branch BBQ · 01-12-2019, 08:47 PM

It's hard to think of any bean that would not benefit from spending an afternoon snuggling up with a pot of ham bone Pinto, black eyed, green, red, 15 bean, crowder, Lima, great northern, cranberry, October, and they all appreciate sitting beside a big ole square of buttered cornbread cooked in a bacon greased cast iron pan.

01-12-2019, 01:39 PM	#1
allboy Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-14-06 Location: Tacoma, Wa.	Leftover Ham Bone ideas? Cold winter day and football playoffs. I'm looking for ideas on what to do with the ham bone on the stove top. Grilling some pork steaks, and chicken. Your thoughts?

01-12-2019, 01:48 PM	#3
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01-12-2019, 01:49 PM	#4
wmarkw Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 09-02-11 Location: Evans, GA	This is a family favorite. Absolutely my favorite. Adjust to your liking; very hard to screw up Bean Soup · Soak overnight 1 to 1.5 lb navy beans in water to cover. (l lb sack dried small navy beans) · Pour off the water. In heavy stock pot, cover beans with new water, salt lightly and cook on medium heat. While beans start to cook: · Brown 2-3 cups of diced celery and 1 large onion diced in 2TBs of butter over medium heat. · Add in excess pieces of ham and some fat to render flavor from the fat to the onion/celery mixture. · Sautee the onion, celery, and ham mixture until ham/fat starts to brown up. · Place ham remains (bone and meat on the bone and all excess meat) into simmering bean concoction. · Add the onion, celery, and ham mixture all to the stock pot and simmer on low heat for about 6 hours or until tender. · Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of black pepper during simmering process. (Start with one and then add more if desired; you can add but can’t take away!) · You may add salt but remember Ham is naturally salty so after a couple hours of simmering taste and adjust for your preference. · Add water as necessary as soup cooks as the stock will reduce. · After six hours, remove bone from soup and pick clean all ham from the bone and place the meat back into the soup. The ham should start to shred, if not take the bigger chunks and pull apart, etc. · The beans will be soft so take a potato masher and give the beans/soup a good mashing to break up/squish the beans. This should be a light chunky soup consistency. You do not want to be eating whole beans (like chili). · Add a dash of Tabasco for flavor. __________________ Maya Jane BBQ Co. 4 Hunsaker Drums RecTec 590 RecTec Beta Bullseye Bunch of Weber Kettles
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01-12-2019, 02:17 PM	#6
Mikhail Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-27-15 Location: Cincinnati OH Name/Nickname : Mik	Navy bean soup with some leftover smoky dripping in it. Can't be beat. __________________ PK Classic Grill, Weber One Touch 22" Copper, Broil King Signet 320

01-12-2019, 05:16 PM	#8
Nuco59 Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-18-13 Location: Texas	Not big one the split pea soup. You can tell me it's great all you want- looks like... well, not visually appealing- unless you are a HUGE Exorcist fan Pintos, FTW __________________ I started out with nothing and I got most of it left.

01-12-2019, 01:47 PM	#2
bschoen Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-27-17 Location: State of Denial Name/Nickname : Bruce	Split pea soup.

01-12-2019, 01:49 PM	#5
LloydQ is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 12-12-16 Location: Vicksburg, MS.	Navy or pinto beans are hard to beat. After the beans are tender, smush some of them up for a soup-like texture (or not-delicious either way). Great start to some red beans and rice, too.

01-12-2019, 03:01 PM	#7
Quesera Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 08-09-13 Location: San Antonio, Texas	Beans. Pinto or red beans or both. Or split pea soup.

01-12-2019, 05:17 PM	#9
Smoking Piney somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-24-15 Location: South Jersey Pine Barrens Name/Nickname : John	Stock or soup. __________________ John Assassin 24 XL BGE Weber Kettle with rotisserie and Vortex Ooni 3 Pizza Oven AMNPS

01-12-2019, 06:14 PM	#10
Dly4 Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 07-24-15 Location: NJ	Lentils

01-12-2019, 07:43 PM	#11
kevinstaggs Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-16-17 Location: Davis, OK Name/Nickname : Kevin	And the correct answer is “D.” Pintos + collard greens + red beans & rice. Too bad you have to choose... Since we have to split the baby, I’ll go pintos. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro __________________ “We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.”― John Wesley Dad of 3, Husband of 1, Sooners fan, Hopeless golfer, Pretty good hunter and fisherman MAK 2 Star, Custom Stickburner, WSM 22, Weber 26, Camp Chef flattop

01-12-2019, 08:23 PM	#12
Swede Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 07-13-16 Location: Manitoba Canada	Cream of Ham/Cheddar and Potato soup HAM BROTH (make first) Broth Ingredients Ham bone Old freezer burnt ham bits or old bacon if available 2 onions 4-5 stalks celery with leaves 2-4 carrots (old carrots ok) Water to top up stock pot Bake ham bone till browned. In pot add coarsely chopped; carrots, onions, and celery old ham bits or old bacon (freezer burnt leftovers work well). Top up with water. Add bay leaves (3-5), 1 tsp salt, and handful of peppercorns (1 tbs approx.). Boil for 2-3 hrs and strain. Discard solids (veg/ham bone/meats) Save extra broth in freezer for next batch. Soup Ingredients 6-8 cups peeled cubed potatoes (5-6 large potatoes), tip, slice potatoes in French fry cutter and use knife to cut fries to cubes… (leftover baked potatoes are great too) 8 cups ham broth 2 cups finely chopped celery 2 cups finely diced onion 4 cups diced ham (half football ham is about right when diced) 2 teaspoons salt (coarse salt preferred, if more desired adjust to taste after rue added) 1 teaspoon smoked chipotle (adjust to taste, best added after rue is mixed in) Sauce (Rue base) 1 cup butter 1 cup flour 4 cups milk 2 cups shredded sharp/old cheddar cheese Directions: In large stock pot, add ham broth, ham cubes, and vegetables with water and salt/chipotle. Do not cook yet. Meanwhile, in a saucepan on med high heat, melt butter; whisk in flour and salt. Cook for 1 minute. Gradually stir in milk while whisking constantly and cook till smooth consistency (a few minutes at max) Continue whisking and add cheese. Cook until cheese is melted and mixture is smooth and thickened. Add Rue/Cheese mix to broth/veg/ham in stockpot and stir thoroughly. Simmer until vegetables are tender. (1 to 2 hrs on low heat, stirring occasionally.) Enjoy!

01-12-2019, 08:24 PM	#13
Biloxidman is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 11-01-13 Location: Biloxi, MS	+1 white bean soup. Almost like wmarkw above but I just chop up an onion, a handful of green onions, tops and stems, 4 stalks of celery and add a can of Rotel tomatos. After several hours the bone should be clean so pull it out.

01-12-2019, 08:47 PM	#14
Rocky Branch BBQ is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-16-10 Location: Deep in the Smokies Name/Nickname : Robert	It's hard to think of any bean that would not benefit from spending an afternoon snuggling up with a pot of ham bone Pinto, black eyed, green, red, 15 bean, crowder, Lima, great northern, cranberry, October, and they all appreciate sitting beside a big ole square of buttered cornbread cooked in a bacon greased cast iron pan.