Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup
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Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup. Ham bone soup is a delicious frugal classic soup that will make you want to clean the sides of the Instant Pot with some crusty French bread, in order to enjoy every last bit.
I know it’s 30 degrees plus for most of Europe now, the US is having a heat wave and here I am talking about Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup!
But hear me out a minute before you ship me off to the funny farm…..
In the summer I like soups, casseroles and stews. I cook them in either my Instant Pot, my Slow Cooker or my Soup Maker. The reason why is because they don’t warm up my house and when I am overheating they are really, really easy to make.
Then I can get some yummy fresh bread and dunk them when its cooked.
Most of the time during the summer it will be chicken or pork in a sauce with some vegetables. Think ragu or carbonara.
But sometimes I like to mix it up a little.
Yesterday I wrote on the blog about how to shop frugally at the market in France and how I picked up some cheap just cooked ham shanks, and today I wanted to show you how to use the leftovers to make the most delicious ever Ham Bone And Bean Soup In The Instant Pot.
In this Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup recipe I am using the leftovers from the bone + a tiny little bit of the meat and fat.
But it gets even better!
At the time of making my Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup we are travelling around Europe.
We bought the ham shanks that we used in this recipe from a market in France and here I am writing up the recipe from a bar in Luxemburg.
Plus by the time I hand it over to Kyle for graphics we will be in Belgium and by the time it is published we will be in Holland.
I even got back ache bending over chopping up the celery on our make do table and chairs set, which is great for kids but never practical for us grownups.
We cooked it outside on our little table while camping. We had no fridge, no storage and it makes me realise that this recipe would be PERFECT for hotel rooms, camping, motorhoming etc.
Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup
The inspiration behind this Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup is that you are using up all your leftovers from your ham shanks and then increasing the size of your soup using a can of beans.
Then adding in whatever potatoes or vegetables you have available.
It reminds me very much of war time food and making sure that no food whatsoever is wasted.
The more you use up the better. I even used the juices from my can of white beans!
You can also alter this to the ingredients you have in, that way you don’t need to be spending money on extra groceries.
Instant Pot Ham Bone And Bean Soup
Ingredients
- Instant Pot
- Leftover Ham Bones
- 4 Medium Carrots
- 2 Celery Stalks
- 6 Medium Potatoes
- 1 Large Onion
- 1 Can Haricot Beans
- 2 Tbsp Fromage Frais
- 2 Tbsp Homemade Italian Seasoning
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Peel the onion and the carrots. Dice the carrots, onion, potatoes and celery and place them into the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Pour in the beans making sure you don’t drain them first, that way your juices from the beans can be part of your stock.
- Add 2 cups of water, along with salt, pepper and Italian Seasoning and mix well.
- Add the ham bones on top and cook for 10 minutes on manual.
- Use QPR (quick pressure release), to manual release pressure once it beeps. Remove the ham bones and stir the Instant Pot soup.
- Add in Fromage Frais for that delicious creamy French flavour.
- Serve with warm crusty bread.
Notes
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