This slow cooker ham bone soup recipe is a great way to use up any leftover ham from Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or anytime! The meat and veggie combo offers a healthy main course loaded with nutrition too!
Ham is a traditional meat served at many holidays. It’s also great for any family dinner, especially when you have a guests – so several mouths to feed!
We really like to have our Slow Cooker Apple Cider Ham every now and then. It is delicious and can be served with so many sides, like our Crock Pot Mac and Cheese or Crock Pot Green Bean Casserole. Plus, it leaves everyone at the table feeling satisfied.
This slow cooker split pea soup is another great soup recipe for leftover ham.
I especially like it when leftovers from dinner lend themselves to a new recipe. We usually have a bit of ham leftover when I serve it, so it’s easy to make this slow cooker hambone soup to serve for the next few lunches or dinners.
Our most popular leftover ham recipe on About A Mom is this ham and cheese puffed pastry melt. It is seriously good and super easy to make.
I guess you can tell how much we love to use our Crock Pot around here, huh? It’s just too easy to prep and forget the meal until it’s ready to eat.
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Slow Cooker Ham Bone Soup Recipe
For your convenience, a printable recipe card and nutrition information is located at the bottom of this page.
Ingredients:
Servings: 16 cups
- 1 meaty ham bone
- 3 potatoes, diced
- 2 cups carrots, sliced
- 2 small onions, diced
- 2 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 8 cups chicken broth or water
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon thyme leaves
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Directions:
Combine all of the ingredients in a large slow cooker. This 7-quart oval Crock-Pot is my favorite.
Stir everything around the hambone to combine.
Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 9 to 10 hours or cook on the high setting for 4 to 6 hours.
Before serving, remove the hambone and bay leaves. Remove the meat from the bone, cut the meat into bite size pieces, and return to the soup.
Freezer Tip: Cool the cooked soup and place in freezer safe bags or airtight containers for up to 3 months. To prepare from the freezer: For best results, thaw the soup in the refrigerator overnight. Warm in a stockpot over medium heat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
Slow Cooker Ham Bone Soup
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 meaty ham bone
- 3 potatoes, diced
- 2 c carrots, sliced
- 2 small onions, diced
- 2 cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed (15 ounce cans)
- 8 c chicken broth or water
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp thyme leaves
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients in a large slow cooker. Stir everything around the hambone to combine.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 9 to 10 hours or cook on the high setting for 4 to 6 hours.
- Before serving, remove the hambone and bay leaves. Remove the meat from the bone, cut the meat into bite size pieces, and return to the soup.
Notes
Nutrition
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