Comments on: Instant Pot Ham and Bean Soup

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:34:58 +0000

I love your recipes, you are my first site to check for help, but this one did not work for me. All the natural release times were 10-15 minutes longer than you guesstimated, but pots are different and I guess mine is slower. I followed the recipe exactly, measuring out in grams all of my ingredients (thanks for listing weight in addition to cup/tsp measures!). I did the Fancy version and when doing the sauté with all the herbs and spices, it smelled wonderful. But I never tasted those flavors in the final product and my beans were not cooked through at the end. The first batch I put in were fine, but the second batch no. I had to continue cooking on the stovetop for another 30 minutes to get the desired texture/softness. Maybe that’s when I lost all the flavor? (I kept looking for when to put the fish sauce in 😉 JK). It was just…bland. I had a tub of pico de gallo and added a few ounces to each bowl which seemed to help. This will not be a keeper for me, sadly.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 02:57:33 +0000

I made this and it was so good I wished I had doubled it. Can I double it in a 6 qt? I used a ham bone, but also added smoked pork chops, because I wanted more meat.

By: Michelle Rupp

Michelle Rupp — Sun, 07 May 2023 21:18:22 +0000

Once again, Amy and Jacky RULE!

I usually do not like to deviate from your recipes but my mom is visiting and she wanted “ham hock and bean soup.” I had a couple of frozen smoked turkey legs I wanted to use. The family recipe has dill and carrots.

I used Option B, with the HUGE turkey legs that barely fit in the pot. I added a bunch of sliced carrots and substituted the dill for the spices and added all the second round.

Mom said, “this is the kind of soup that makes one want to lick the bowl.” What more to say? Easy as can be and delicious! Thank you!!!

By: Sheri

Sheri — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:28:40 +0000

So chilly outside and this sounded WONDERFUL. I used white beans and salt pork and followed the rest of the dump and go recipe. It came together in about 5 minutes. So nice to have a delicious hot dinner after a little nap! LOL. Topped the soup with Trappey’s Hot Pepper Sauce. YUM! THANK YOU AMY AND JACKIE for all your delicious recipes. You’ve taught me how to use my Instant Pot and I refer your link all the time. I LOVE your site.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:52:23 +0000

I made this last night in my Instant Pot and it was SO good and so easy! I diced up a hot chili pepper (thai chili I think, a small green one!) and threw it in with the beans to cook. The result was a wonderfully spicy, smoky pot of ham and beans. I used Better than Bouillon chicken stock for the base — I knew it would come out more salty this way, but that’s how we like it. Followed everything else to the letter for the fancy version. Paired it with Glory seasoned greens for a complete meal. Thank you for another winner!

By: Carrie @ FB

Carrie @ FB — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:34:50 +0000

We celebrated our holiday early and had a beautiful ham bone leftover. Ham and bean soup to the rescue! We used option #2 of the recipe and, wow!! Such few ingredients for an extremely flavorful soup. And it definitely hit the spot on the chilly evening. Loved it!

By: John M.

John M. — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:06:32 +0000

This is the best ham & bean soup that I’ve ever made! I made the fancy version (almost) exactly as written in my 3 qt. IP Mini. Here’s how I did it without halving the ingredients:
I did the first pressure cook as written, with all ingredients an inch below the fill line. Then I stripped the ham from the bones and put the meat only, along with the cup of beans and the 3 cups of broth, back in the pot. Still came in below the fill line. Pressure cooked as written.
I loved the flavor of the soup and smoked ham, and the spice ratio was exactly right. The mixture of soft and less soft beans was wonderful, too. Thank you both for creating such fine recipes!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:56:28 +0000

I LOVE your recipes. This recipe doesn’t disappoint. I’ve made beans & ham as my family calls it for years without a recipe. Being new to Instapot I thought I’d try this. Only change is I’ve always used some ketchup and brown sugar. With that it’s a WOW from this older 75 yo grammi.

By: Elissa @ FB

Elissa @ FB — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 01:21:56 +0000

Made Ham and Bean soup. I used the 15 bean mix instead of just pinto beans and it turned out great!

By: Robin Walker

Robin Walker — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:50:33 +0000

Having friends over that I made the ham and beans for about a month ago and they specifically requested that I make them again. I made version A in my Instapot Duo 7 and they tasted wonderful and the texture was perfect. I used chopped up ham instead of a ham hock and used chicken stock with salt to cut down on the amount of table salt that would be needed to flavor the beans. I will make beans from now on like this. Thanks !!