Navy Bean and Ham Hock Soup

I kept out the potato flakes, and used Chilli pepper instead of nutmeg and other seasonings. You can season with anything you want and it turns out great!

This is one of the best recipes I've ever made. However, do NOT put in the mashed potato flakes. They will ruin it. It is not only absolutely delicious, it is remarkably easy. Bravo to the person who thought of this, but whatever you do, do not put in the fake potatoes.

I thought this recipe was quite wholesome and delicious. I personally used a combination of onion, leek, green onion, garlic, cilantro, parsley, cabbage, 5 squeezed limes, teeny bit of serrano finely diced, bit o chicken bouillon, a fair amount of fish sauce, a wee bit o soy sauce, splash olive juice and a little bit of brown sugar to taste. I substituted the beans with split peas and barley. Came out absolutely delicious!!! Phenomenal.

I used canned Northern beans and Zaatar spice instead of Bay leaves.

Found if you take the skin off the ham hocks it's less salty.

This was simple and tasty! I like that it wasn't over salted as many soups are. I used a leftover ham bone from the freezer and it worked perfectly!

I never used the potato flakes. My mother taught me that if you want a soup or chili to have more thickness, scoop out a cup of beans or two and run them thru the food processor (you can use canned beans in their liquid if you need to) ...then dump them into the soup. The liquified beans keep the beany flavor yet add body to the soup....this is a great go to recipe and you can easily use chopped ham or a ham bone or chopped chicken or not ....vegetarian bean soup is good too...just add some liquid smoke flavoring . Go easy with the liquid smoke..a little goes a long way.

Delicious. The various spices gave the broth such a yummy unique, rich flavor, definitely not your grandma's beans and ham!