It wouldn't be Navy Bean soup any longer, but potatoes can really absorb salt. You might try dicing up 1-2 and adding to the soup, then cooking until the potatoes are tender.
In the future, you can soak ham hocks in cold water to remove salt. Change the water a couple of times until you reach the desired salt level.
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February 28, 2011
You can add more of other ingrediants or some other spices like pepper to kind of counterbalance perhaps.
February 28, 2011
It wouldn't be Navy Bean soup any longer, but potatoes can really absorb salt. You might try dicing up 1-2 and adding to the soup, then cooking until the potatoes are tender.
In the future, you can soak ham hocks in cold water to remove salt. Change the water a couple of times until you reach the desired salt level.
February 28, 2011
Great! Let us know how it works out. Oh and you will likely want to add more water because the potatoes will thicken the soup too.
March 1, 2011
You can soak the ham in water to remove some of the salt. This is done with fish and I've had to soak Prosciutto when using in soup also.
Patricia
March 9, 2011
Peel and quarter a couple of potatoes. Cook and allow them to soak up salt. Remove potatoes from soup and save to use later. Hope it comes out ok.
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