{"id":7485,"date":"2026-09-04T21:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2026-09-04T21:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:52:36","slug":"classic-ham-and-bean-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/classic-ham-and-bean-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Ham and Bean Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Classic Ham and Bean Soup<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb dried navy beans or Great Northern beans<\/li>\n<li>1 meaty ham bone, or 2 cups diced cooked ham<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 carrots, diced<\/li>\n<li>2 celery stalks, diced<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>6 cups chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon dried thyme<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n<li>Salt, to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon olive oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Rinse the dried beans and soak them overnight in plenty of water. Drain and rinse before cooking.<\/li>\n<li>Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, and celery and cook for about 5 minutes until softened.<\/li>\n<li>Add the garlic and cook for another minute until fragrant.<\/li>\n<li>Add the soaked beans, ham bone or diced ham, chicken broth, water, bay leaf, thyme, black pepper, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for about <strong>1\u00bd to 2 hours<\/strong>, or until the beans are tender.<\/li>\n<li>If using a ham bone, remove it from the pot. Pull off any remaining meat, shred or chop it, and return it to the soup.<\/li>\n<li>For a thicker soup, mash some of the cooked beans against the side of the pot and stir them back into the broth.<\/li>\n<li>Taste and adjust the seasoning before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Serve hot with crusty bread or cornbread for the perfect comforting meal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic Ham and Bean Soup Ingredients: 1 lb dried navy beans or Great Northern beans 1 meaty ham bone, or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7487,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485\/revisions\/7487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}