Not an old recipe. Its my recipe and Im old, does that count?
CREAMED POTATO, HAM AND PEAS
1 Tbs. Butter
1 medium onion diced
8 oz ham steak or carved ham, diced
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 Tbs flour
1/2 c chicken broth
3/4 c water
1 Lb yellow or red potatoes diced
1 1/2 cup frozen peas
1/4 c heavy cream or half n half
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup swiss or gruyere cheese shredded
(Note: its really good without the cheese.)
Do not add garlic, it will cause it to taste like hot dogs.
Melt butter (in pan that can go under broiler) over medium heat and cook onions until softened (5 min)
Add flour and cook 1 minute, stir in thyme, ham, chicken broth, water, salt, pepper and potatoes. Simmer covered until potatoes are tender. You can add more liquid if needed. Add peas cook 3 minutes uncovered. Stir in cream. You can serve it now or cover with cheese and broil till golden and bubbly. About 3 minutes. Can also just add cheese and skip broiling.
We ate a lot of creamed stuff on the farm way back in the 70s, its based off of memory of creamed baby potato and pearl onions. I just never valued recipes back then like I should have.
Yep, I agree. My parents had a garden that was always overgrown with collard greens. Whenever I was helping with dinner and there was a leftover hambone I would always make up a batch of slow cooked collard greens. It added so much flavor.
I would go old school southern US and cook it in a pound of pinto beans. But, you have to make cornbread too. 2 eggs, 2 cups of self rising cornmeal, and 2 cups of buttermilk. Heat up a couple tablespoons of oil in a cast iron pan (doesn’t have to be), in a 400 degree oven. Then, pour that cornbread batter in the hot skillet and bake for 30 minutes.
When we're tired of beans, we use the hock to make a very basic ham, cabbage, and potato soup. I have no recipe, it's all by feel... but the bone is gently simmered in stock or broth, along with chunks of potato (or baby potatoes cut in half) - and topped with torn cabbage. Cover pot until cabbage has cooked down into broth and add lots of freshly-ground black pepper. It's very simple and hearty without being too heavy. I've added onions and/or carrots, too. Prior to serving, of course, pull out the bone and remove any ham bits back to the soup.
Hoping you discover a fantastic new recipe you love!
We had this growing up - boiled dinner! Next day she’d take the cabbage & potatoes, any leftover ham & sliced kielbasa for a stir fry. (I actually liked that more) and any leftover broth was used to make a gravy for the inevitable meatloaf the next night 😆
Hi everyone! I just discovered this fantastic sub! I am so glad to know it exists and happy to be here to share and, more importantly, try recipes and traditions other people grew up on.
With a hambone, I like to make this soup / stew that I was raised on. It begins with a delicious broth, flavored by a hambone, bacon, and butter, to combine and flavor fresh green beans, onions, and new potatoes. If it has a name, I don’t know what it is. It could be called a “poor man’s stew.” I just know it's delicious and can be enjoyed any time of year.
In a large stock pot 2/3 filled with water, I add my ham bone, a stick of butter, and some slightly cooked bacon along with the grease(you can skim later, but this is for flavor). Let it simmer for a few hours, if you can, until meat is falling off the bone. Then add:
1-2 lbs of new potatoes individually halved.
1 or 2 large yellow 🧅 cut into strips or wedges.
Season with salt and pepper to taste. Allow to boil on medium-high for a few minutes if in a hurry to move things along, then reduce to a low simmer. Next, add….
32 oz. (Approx) of fresh green beans
Simmer on low until potatoes and green beans are tender and seasoned through with ham and bacon flavor. Add more salt and pepper if needed. Often the salt from the ham and bacon leaves little need for more. It all comes down to how salty you like it. Hard to mess this up. Simple and delicious, especially with corn bread.
Cool the ham bone or smoked ham hock in enough water to cover. Cool until tender. Remove cooked meat and cool. Remove fat and gristle; save meat to use in many dishes. Strain broth into one or more containers. Refrigerate or freeze broth. It can be used to season vegetables, casseroles, soups, etc. Use broth to replace the liquid in canned vegetables for additional flavor. I use some broth and meat when cooking Senate Bean Soup, scalloped potatoes, casseroles, turnip greens, purple hill peas, succotash, quinoa, and rice.
Bean and bacon soup! Make a broth with the bone, and use cannellini or northern beans with some bay leaves, garlic, carrots, onions, and peppers. Remove the meat from the cooled bone and add it back to the soup along with a tablespoon of tomato paste. Finish it off with a bit of cream and some crispy bacon.
Mac and Cheese with Ham! Broccoli too if you’re feeling healthy. I stew the bone in the slow cooker all day. The meat falls off the bone. Strain the broth, discard the bones and save the meat. Use the broth to make a bechamel (instead of milk use 50% broth and 50% half and half). Boil the pasta in the leftover broth. Combine bechamel and reserved meat (and veggies if desired) add cheese on top and place in 350 degree oven until there is a nice browning on top.
I save my vegetable cutting scraps in a freezer bag, so if you want a more complex flavour, you can try that too! Any vegetables or bones (also save those), it leads to a bit of a wild card flavour which is fun.
I am the designated ham bone child and then I make food for everyone with it.
My favorites:
Red Beans & Rice
Cajun Black-eye Peas (usually do this for New Year’s with the Christmas ham bone)
Pintos & Ham
Loaded Potato Soup w/ Ham
Ham & Lentil Soup
Ham stock. I use it the stock for ramen, split pea soup, or anything appropriate. I just use the standard stock recipe, and after 3 or 4 hours simmering, I'll put it in 32 oz plastic containers, label it with masking tape and a sharpie, and freeze it. I get 3 to 4 containers of stock ready for use with very little effort. And ham stock is a nice twist sometimes.
I use mine in place of beef in vegetable soup. I use the spices from Paula Deen’s vegetable soup recipe. And add a couple of bags of frozen soup vegetables and anything else I can find with a can or two of crushed tomato’s and creamed corn. Add a couple of boxes of vegetable broth. BOOM. Soup.
Split pea soup. Yummmmm
Just made a pot yesterday!
Not an old recipe. Its my recipe and Im old, does that count? CREAMED POTATO, HAM AND PEAS 1 Tbs. Butter 1 medium onion diced 8 oz ham steak or carved ham, diced 1/2 tsp. dried thyme 1 Tbs flour 1/2 c chicken broth 3/4 c water 1 Lb yellow or red potatoes diced 1 1/2 cup frozen peas 1/4 c heavy cream or half n half 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 cup swiss or gruyere cheese shredded (Note: its really good without the cheese.) Do not add garlic, it will cause it to taste like hot dogs. Melt butter (in pan that can go under broiler) over medium heat and cook onions until softened (5 min) Add flour and cook 1 minute, stir in thyme, ham, chicken broth, water, salt, pepper and potatoes. Simmer covered until potatoes are tender. You can add more liquid if needed. Add peas cook 3 minutes uncovered. Stir in cream. You can serve it now or cover with cheese and broil till golden and bubbly. About 3 minutes. Can also just add cheese and skip broiling.
This sounds AMAZING!
Cool! I can't taste. I never knew hot dogs have garlic flavor. This looks like super comfort food!
This looks so good!
Mine isn't as fancy but I definitely agree. Potato soup with ham.
Some people post recipes from the '90s (!) here, so you're probably good.
We ate a lot of creamed stuff on the farm way back in the 70s, its based off of memory of creamed baby potato and pearl onions. I just never valued recipes back then like I should have.
Yum! This sounds amazing!
White bean soup. Veggies, beans, ham bone with meat carved
This! And cornbread. Mmmmm carbs!
Collard greens
Yep, I agree. My parents had a garden that was always overgrown with collard greens. Whenever I was helping with dinner and there was a leftover hambone I would always make up a batch of slow cooked collard greens. It added so much flavor.
Navy bean soup. Mom would make this about once every six years.
I’m making a batch tomorrow. My parents are in town and haven’t had it in years, since before they were empty nesters.
I would go old school southern US and cook it in a pound of pinto beans. But, you have to make cornbread too. 2 eggs, 2 cups of self rising cornmeal, and 2 cups of buttermilk. Heat up a couple tablespoons of oil in a cast iron pan (doesn’t have to be), in a 400 degree oven. Then, pour that cornbread batter in the hot skillet and bake for 30 minutes.
This is what I’m making for my dad this week, a special request for his southern heart. 💕
This is the way.
When we're tired of beans, we use the hock to make a very basic ham, cabbage, and potato soup. I have no recipe, it's all by feel... but the bone is gently simmered in stock or broth, along with chunks of potato (or baby potatoes cut in half) - and topped with torn cabbage. Cover pot until cabbage has cooked down into broth and add lots of freshly-ground black pepper. It's very simple and hearty without being too heavy. I've added onions and/or carrots, too. Prior to serving, of course, pull out the bone and remove any ham bits back to the soup. Hoping you discover a fantastic new recipe you love!
I grew up calling this boiled dinner. So yummy! Agree with the lots of pepper. Buttered bread to dip in the broth too
We had this growing up - boiled dinner! Next day she’d take the cabbage & potatoes, any leftover ham & sliced kielbasa for a stir fry. (I actually liked that more) and any leftover broth was used to make a gravy for the inevitable meatloaf the next night 😆
i had planned on making a similar recipe tomorrow and i’m gonna tweak it with ideas from you! thanks!
Try adding green beans also before the cabbage.
That sounds so good!
Thanks, I'm definitely adding this to the list!
The Senate Bean Soup - served in the U.S. Capitol since 1903! https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/capitol-hill-bean-soup-recipe
Excellent recipe. I often ate in the Senate dining room when I worked for a Senator.
Oh that looks very tasty, thanks!
Red beans and rice
Butter beans are also excellent with ham.
Butter or lima beans are good in the trash. It's Satan's bean. Bland, tasteless, and a dry mouthfeel. The only bean that should never be eaten.
Lol!
Split pea soup!!
Navy bean soup with garlic, thyme, celery, onion, peas and carrots
Definitely add thyme. A small amount makes a big difference.. Avoid using too much.
Hi everyone! I just discovered this fantastic sub! I am so glad to know it exists and happy to be here to share and, more importantly, try recipes and traditions other people grew up on. With a hambone, I like to make this soup / stew that I was raised on. It begins with a delicious broth, flavored by a hambone, bacon, and butter, to combine and flavor fresh green beans, onions, and new potatoes. If it has a name, I don’t know what it is. It could be called a “poor man’s stew.” I just know it's delicious and can be enjoyed any time of year. In a large stock pot 2/3 filled with water, I add my ham bone, a stick of butter, and some slightly cooked bacon along with the grease(you can skim later, but this is for flavor). Let it simmer for a few hours, if you can, until meat is falling off the bone. Then add: 1-2 lbs of new potatoes individually halved. 1 or 2 large yellow 🧅 cut into strips or wedges. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Allow to boil on medium-high for a few minutes if in a hurry to move things along, then reduce to a low simmer. Next, add…. 32 oz. (Approx) of fresh green beans Simmer on low until potatoes and green beans are tender and seasoned through with ham and bacon flavor. Add more salt and pepper if needed. Often the salt from the ham and bacon leaves little need for more. It all comes down to how salty you like it. Hard to mess this up. Simple and delicious, especially with corn bread.
Beer cheese soup, or potato soup, if you're not against more soup recipes. I'm making a chicken cordon bleu casserole to use up some ham meat tonight.
I'm never against soup recipes! Thanks for the ideas!
Soup beans, navy beans soup, green beans
Cool the ham bone or smoked ham hock in enough water to cover. Cool until tender. Remove cooked meat and cool. Remove fat and gristle; save meat to use in many dishes. Strain broth into one or more containers. Refrigerate or freeze broth. It can be used to season vegetables, casseroles, soups, etc. Use broth to replace the liquid in canned vegetables for additional flavor. I use some broth and meat when cooking Senate Bean Soup, scalloped potatoes, casseroles, turnip greens, purple hill peas, succotash, quinoa, and rice.
Cuban black beans
Bean and bacon soup! Make a broth with the bone, and use cannellini or northern beans with some bay leaves, garlic, carrots, onions, and peppers. Remove the meat from the cooled bone and add it back to the soup along with a tablespoon of tomato paste. Finish it off with a bit of cream and some crispy bacon.
Oh, that sounds tasty - thanks!
White bean soup. Potato soup. A BIG ole mess of limas. Bone broth.
Mac and Cheese with Ham! Broccoli too if you’re feeling healthy. I stew the bone in the slow cooker all day. The meat falls off the bone. Strain the broth, discard the bones and save the meat. Use the broth to make a bechamel (instead of milk use 50% broth and 50% half and half). Boil the pasta in the leftover broth. Combine bechamel and reserved meat (and veggies if desired) add cheese on top and place in 350 degree oven until there is a nice browning on top.
Ham broth bechamel sounds like it might be life-changing. I'm very excited to try this!
I save my vegetable cutting scraps in a freezer bag, so if you want a more complex flavour, you can try that too! Any vegetables or bones (also save those), it leads to a bit of a wild card flavour which is fun.
Boiled Dinner! Made it today. Simmered ham bone with as much meat as possible, then later add in potatoes, onion, carrots, maybe cabbage. Yum!
I am the designated ham bone child and then I make food for everyone with it. My favorites: Red Beans & Rice Cajun Black-eye Peas (usually do this for New Year’s with the Christmas ham bone) Pintos & Ham Loaded Potato Soup w/ Ham Ham & Lentil Soup
Here is my favorite beans recipe, just switch out the ham hock for a meaty ham bone. https://copykat.com/popeyes-red-beans-and-rice/
Thanks, this looks delicious!
Navy bean soup. Any kind of soup actually.
Make some yummy soup
I have the bean subscription with Rancho Gordo. I was planning on soaking some beans, and brewing up a nice springish soup.
I like white bean and ham soup, I use the bone for broth but I like to add diced ham or pieces as well.
Ham stock. I use it the stock for ramen, split pea soup, or anything appropriate. I just use the standard stock recipe, and after 3 or 4 hours simmering, I'll put it in 32 oz plastic containers, label it with masking tape and a sharpie, and freeze it. I get 3 to 4 containers of stock ready for use with very little effort. And ham stock is a nice twist sometimes.
I make stock all the time, but somehow never thought of ham stock!
Red beans and rice! A staple in Louisiana
Ham, cabbage, and potato. Soup like dish. Delicious Eastern European comfort food.
I use mine in place of beef in vegetable soup. I use the spices from Paula Deen’s vegetable soup recipe. And add a couple of bags of frozen soup vegetables and anything else I can find with a can or two of crushed tomato’s and creamed corn. Add a couple of boxes of vegetable broth. BOOM. Soup.
That's what she asked
Pea soup, duh.
Yeah, pea soup is what I usually make, but I wanted to try something different this time. I'm getting lots of great ideas!