So I made a ham, should I save the ham juice?

12 years ago

For anything? The bone is packed away in the freezer, the ham is all in the refrig waiting for me to freeze some of it but there's a bunch of jelled juice still in the pan, seems like I should freeze it for something, probably soup.

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lindac
12 years ago
Save it.....soup or a red eye gravy for the leftovers.
ci_lantro
12 years ago
I always save the juice for ham & beans or split pea soup. The broth can be waaay salty so keep that in mind when you go to use it.
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Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
Original Author
12 years ago
ok, thanks!
arkansas girl
12 years ago
Don't forget though, if you've used a bunch of sugar on the outside of the ham for baking, it may not be any good for soup. And also the honey baked hams, as someone had pointed out in another thread, do not make good bones for bean soup because of the sweetness.
mboston_gw
12 years ago
Actually, I just made a pot of bean soup with the honey baked ham bone. Still had quite abit of meat on it and I did add some more small bits to it. I did use the box of bean soup mix that I bought at the Honey Baked Ham store and the soup was NOT too sweet. I have made it in the past with Lysanders Bean mix and it definitely was much sweeter. Perhaps the seasoning mix that came with the one from Honey Baked Ham store did not have additional sugar in it while the ones from other brands do. Don't know but it was very good and made a bunch of soup. We will be having it again tomorrow night and I will probably freeze some for a cold rainy night.
jolj
12 years ago
We drain the juice as soon as the ham is done & cook rice in it, then make gravy from any that is left.
Ham bone with dry beans is a classic.
ci_lantro
12 years ago
I'd save the juice from even a honey-baked ham and use it for cooking beans for baked beans. Clearly label it as being sweet broth so you don't use it by mistake.
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
12 years ago
Was saltpeter used in the ham?

dcarch
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
Original Author
12 years ago
Well, I will know what to do next time. I wanted to clean the pan, so, I threw it out.

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