This creamy, pureed bean soup gets some heft from cubes of smoked ham and paprika-dusted croutons. Grace Parisi a former senior test kitchen editor for Food & Wine, where she wrote several ...

As a kid, I was obsessed with Campbell’s condensed bean ... soup, and it can go straight from freezer to pot without needing to thaw (or chop!). Before adding the mirepoix, brown a diced ham ...

This soup gets its flavor from smoked ham hocks ... kidney, cranberry, small white, pink, small red, yellow split, lentil, ...

Drain the soaked beans and discard the water. Place the beans, ham hocks, chicken broth, and bay leaf in a soup pot; do not add salt at this stage. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour ...