White Bean and Ham Soup

My White Bean and Ham Soup Recipe is made with Great Northern beans, plenty of diced ham, and lots of veggies to make for a hearty soup! This is perfect for leftover ham!

I’m allllll about Easter dinner, you guys.

So much good stuff happening.

Not only is there a giant ham to be devoured, you’ve also got a table full of sides like my cheesy scalloped potatoes or crockpot hashbrown casserole. My Jiffy corn casserole is always on the Easter table. For dessert, we never skip my blackberry cobbler.

Of course, we also enjoy the Easter egg hunt with the kids.

My kids are practically grown at this point, so they’re both pretty much over the egg hunt, but last year we skipped the candy and stuffed the eggs with money. They hunted with gusto. 😉

Anyway, Easter is fabulous and we love it for many reasons, but ESPECIALLY for that leftover ham!

Leftover ham is a dream for making soup! And I’m pretty sure this white bean soup with ham is just the best.

Easy enough to make, and so economical using leftover ham and dried beans…of course, you can also buy a package of diced ham and use that too!

Be sure to serve this up with our sweet cornbread recipe. The two go together perfectly!

Ham & Bean Soup Ingredients:

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Great Northern Beans – These large white beans are perfect for this ham & bean soup recipe!

Ham – You’ll need some cooked, diced ham for the soup. We love to use leftovers from a holiday gathering for this recipe, but if you don’t have it and want to make this really simple you can get the pre-diced ham from the store!

Vegetables – We’ll add some onion, carrot, celery, and garlic to the soup which will add even more flavor when slow cooked with the ham and beans!

Seasoning – Some salt, some pepper, and some Italian seasoning! You can add more or less to suit your taste.

How to Make Ham & Bean Soup:

Prep Work: Rinse the dried beans and sort out any potential rocks or debris. This is a no soak recipe.

Dice up the onion, carrots, and celery, mince the garlic, and set those aside while you start heating up a large stock pot on the stove with some olive oil.

Sauté: Once the oil is hot, saute the veggies until soft and fragrant.

Simmer: Add the beans, Italian seasoning, and water to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until the beans are tender – about 2 hours.

Add the Ham: Add the ham, salt, and pepper, and cook for another 30 minutes to an hour. The beans should be tender and creamy, the soup hot, and you should definitely have a batch of my sweet cornbread recipe ready to serve with this white bean and ham soup!

This ham and white bean soup is a staple in my house. If we don’t have leftover ham in the fridge, we’ll just grab some already diced ham at the grocery story. Such an easy meal and so comforting and tasty!

No time for cornbread? Try our air fryer frozen breadsticks on the side! Soup and breadsticks are a perfect combination.

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This recipe was originally published in March 2018. It was updated with new photos and a video in April 2022.