Ham Bone Soup with Chick Peas and Escarole

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5

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Excellent
  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    45 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr

  • Servings

    6

  • Calories

    313 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course, Soup

  • Cuisine

    American

Ham Bone Soup with Chick Peas and Escarole

You'll love this brothy, smoky, richly satisfying homemade soup. It's made with a leftover ham bone (or ham hock) and everyday ingredients like canned chick peas, pasta and greens for a big pot of ham bone soup to feed the whole family.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 ham bone leftover
  • 2 cups ham plus whatever else you can pull off of the bone after simmering, diced
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 3 celery diced, stalks
  • 3 medium carrot peeled and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 ½ teaspoons oregano dried
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes crushed
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 8 cups chicken stock preferably low sodium
  • 15 ounces chickpeas canned, with liquid
  • ½ head escarole lettuce chopped, about 4 cups
  • ½ cup pastina or other mini pasta

Instructions

  1. heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium high heat. Add the chopped onion, celery and carrots. Sauté for 4-5 minutes until the vegetables begin to soften and the onion and celery become slightly translucent.
  2. Stir in the tomato paste to coat the vegetables well and add a little color (Maillard reaction) to the paste, 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add the oregano, and red pepper flakes and stir well to combine.
  4. Stir in the chicken stock garbanzo beans with their liquid and the bay leaf. Place the ham bone in the dutch oven, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and place the lid slightly askew to allow steam to escape. Simmer for 30 minutes.
  5. Use a pair of tongs to remove the ham bone and transfer to a rimmed sheet pan to cool.
  6. Stir in the diced ham and pastina pasta to the soup and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Add the escarole and cook for 2-3 minutes to wilt the vegetable.
  7. When the ham bone is cool enough to touch, remove any excess meat and add it to the pot of soup.
  8. Taste for seasonings and adjust as necessary with salt and pepper. Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 313kcal (16%) Carbohydrates 39g (13%) Protein 21g (42%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 2g (12%) Monounsaturated Fat 3g (15%) Cholesterol 30mg (10%) Sodium 1225mg (51%) Potassium 747mg (16%) Fiber 6g (24%) Sugar 9g (18%) Vitamin A 6052IU (121%) Vitamin C 8mg (9%) Calcium 79mg (8%) Iron 3mg (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 313 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 313kcal 16%
Carbohydrates 39g 13%
Protein 21g 42%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g 12%
Monounsaturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 30mg 10%
Sodium 1225mg 51%
Potassium 747mg 16%
Fiber 6g 24%
Sugar 9g 18%
Vitamin A 6052IU 121%
Vitamin C 8mg 9%
Calcium 79mg 8%
Iron 3mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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