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mo's ham bone soup

(1 rating)
Recipe by
deb baldwin
blanchard, ID

At hunting camp, I would alway's make a ham for one dinner during the week and the bone was saved for this wonderful soup. All the hunters loved this soup and I never had any left overs. This recipe was given to me by Mo, a camp cook in Canada. I survived 6 weeks of camp cooking and the last week I had to put bag balm on my hands. Then put my hands into socks, when I went to bed, because they were so sore.

(1 rating)
yield 6 - 8
prep time 15 Min
cook time 3 Hr
method Stove Top

Ingredients For mo's ham bone soup

  • 1
    ham bone (left over)
  • extra ham, cubed
  • water
  • carrots, onion, celery & potatoes, diced
  • 3 Tbsp
    chicken bouillon granules
  • 1 pkg
    split peas, washed and drained
  • 1/2 c
    pearl barley, uncooked (washed and drained)
  • pepper to taste
  • 1/4 tsp
    marjoram, dried (mo had this in all her recipes, but i never added it)

How To Make mo's ham bone soup

  • 1
    Simmer ham bone in a large pot until the meat falls off the bone. Remove the ham bone. Keep the broth. Skim off fat. Add extra ham cubes.
  • Simmering in the pot
    2
    Add more water to the same pot until 1/2 full and bring to a boil. Add diced carrots, onion, celery & potatoes. Add chicken bouillon, peas and barley. Add pepper. Bring to a boil and turn down to simmer. Simmer for an hour, until all is done. Salt to taste if needed. This is really good with home made bread or rolls.
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