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U S Senate Bean Soup Recipe

	Pat2me / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago This soup has been on the U.S. Senate restaurant menu since 1901 From the Joy of Cooking The original recipe feeds about 100 Prep:15m Cook:120m Servings:6	Pat2me
	vintage 1901

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Ingredients

1 1/4 C small white beans such as pea beans or navy beans, picked over and rinsed

7 Cups of cold water

One small ham hock

1 large onion, diced

3 medium stalks of celery with leaves, chopped

1 large potato, peeled and finely diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

2 Tbl chopped fresh parsley

Directions

Place in a soup pot with 7 Cups of cold water and a small ham hock

Bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer until beans are tender, about 1 1/4 hours.

Remove the ham hock, discard the bone, skin and any fat; dice the meat

Return meat to the pot with;

1 large onion, diced

3 medium stalks of celery with leaves, chopped

1 large potato, peeled and finely diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

simmer until the potatoes are quite soft, 20 to 30 minutes

Remove from heat and mash potato (or use immersion blender) until soup is a bit creamy

Stri in:

2 Tbl chopped fresh parsley

Ladle into warm bowls

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Comments

wynnebaer 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Oh Pat, this sounds soooooooooo good. Comfort food for sure...:)

pleclare 1 year, 9 months ago said:
This sounds good. Maybe this weekend

rakista 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Looks like a good winter bean dish. Yums. I would add copious amounts of chilis but that is just me, we have 4 feet of snow where I live.

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I remember the first time I saw this Senate Bean recipe, I thought-that's it? But it is good. I make it more like I do my others tho-with tasso and sausage besides the hocks. Also, of course-hot stuff. Thanks you Pat.

pat2me 1 year, 9 months ago said:

lunasea 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I've made this wonderful bean soup many a time and it is so delicious and full of flavor - that ham hock totally rocks here. Great post, Pat - can't wait to make it again. Yummm.

sunny 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I absolutely love bean soups. Thanks for posting.

linebb956 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Somewhere I have a cookbook that has a story behind the Senate Bean soup and the bean they use! .. I will try to dig to find.. You will appreciate it!
This is one of my favorite winter soups!

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