Leftover ham!!

SpartanPride

I'm sure I'm not the only one with tons of leftover ham. Any great ideas for leftovers besides the classic sandwich (to be had tonight I'm sure) and throwing it in with some eggs??

RRP

Sure do! This is my bodacious recipe for a very hearty thick ham and bean soup that I have perfected over the years. Trust me this isn't your Mother's recipe so don't turn up your nose without reading it through!

RRP’s Ham & Bean Soup

1# navy beans prepared as described below
9 pints of water will be needed in total
3 cups of diced ham
1 left over ham bone, plus any large chunks of fatty meat saved while trimming down the ham bone – especially that which may still have some of the exterior glaze!
¼ pound butter
1 cup grated carrots (typically 1 large one)
1 cup diced onion (1 medium onion)
1 cup thinly diced celery (about 2 large stalks)
2 tsp freshly ground pepper (90 grinds)
3 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp chili powder
2 T sifted flour
½ t Wright’s concentrated hickory liquid smoke
½ t Kitchen Bouquet

Method A. Sort through beans for any bad ones, rinse and place in large pot with 4 pints of cold water. Bring to a boil for three minutes, turn off heat, but leave on the burner and keep covered for one hour and 15 minutes.

Or Method B which I really prefer! This is a recap from Cook’s Illustrated in Nov ’10 issue: For 1 pound of dried Navy beans dissolve 3 tablespoons of table salt in 3 quarts of cold water. Let soak for 16 to 24 hours at room temperature. Drain and rinse well before proceeding

Drain beans and rinse again. Add 4 pints of cold water, plus the ham bone. Simmer for 3 hours. First hour uncovered and next 2 hours with cover slightly ajar.

Sauté the carrots, celery and onions in ¼ lb of butter. Season with salt, pepper, comino powder and chili powder. In a separate shaker place 2 T of sifted flour and THEN add 1 pint of tap hot water and mix thoroughly to make a slurry and set aside.

Remove the ham bone after carefully saving any additional ham from it that becomes visible after the long simmer. Also remove the chunks of fat. Add the diced ham, sautéed vegetables and flour slurry to the pot of beans. Add the Wright’s smoke and Kitchen Bouquet and stir well. Heat thoroughly on simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.

For reference just 1 pint of this well mixed hearty soup is a nice size serving. Normally this recipe yields 7 pints of bodacious very thick ham and bean soup. Enjoy!!!

onedbguru

Ham Salad

Ham and Eggs/Omlettes

Ham sandwiches 

Ham hock in a pot of Pinto beans with cornbread. 

Ham in green beans

Ham in collard greens

Green eggs and ham. 

Ham quiches 

Baked Potato with broccoli and chunks of ham  (butter, Sour Cream, cheddar cheese)

shall I keep going???

SpartanPride

Great suggestions!! Thanks guys. I have lots of cooking to do!

Randy1

@SpartanPride My favorite is making omelets.  Scallions, cheese, salt and pepper , ham and whatever else you like.

grege345

Ham and potato soup

flynnbob

Thanks, @RRP I have a major bone with a lot of meat left after the Easter Ham Attempt (#4)  which, by the way, was fantastic!  I am going to cook up your recipe minus the last 2 ingredients for some friends - Don't want to overdo the flavor.

RRP

flynnbob said:

Thanks, @RRP I have a major bone with a lot of meat left after the Easter Ham Attempt (#4)  which, by the way, was fantastic!  I am going to cook up your recipe minus the last 2 ingredients for some friends - Don't want to overdo the flavor.

Fine... one half teaspoon of liquid smoke in 7 pints of finished soup won't be missed other then to you while cooking that bodacious soup! As for the Kitchen Bouquet it only adds color IMO so be it. I just hope you and your friends enjoy it as much as we do! BTW you will be surprised just how much RICH delicious meat you will find on that bone after it has been in the pot. I used to think I had really trimmed it to the bone, but not so!

Zmokin

cut some up
place in a bowl
go watch TV and eat it like it was potato chips  (I love to just snack on Ham)

but if you want another suggestion to use it in a recipe
slice it and add it to your favorite scalloped potato recipe

Thatgrimguy

I use the ham hock for red beans and rice. 

fishlessman

potato au gratin, colcannon, pea soup, stock with the ham bone for portuguese kale and chourico stew

Carolina Q

Here are 100 or so ideas...

http://foodgawker.com/page/2/?s=leftover+ham

SpartanPride

Well I'm running out of ham, but I might have to fire up another one with all these ideas!!

Little Steven

Yellow split pea soup when you have used up most of the ham.

SWVABeanCounter

Toss some in some smoked mac and cheese.