Navy Bean Soup with Ham ala Leah
From divaliscious 15 years agoIngredients
- Prep Time does not include soaking dried beans overnight. Please note. shopping list
- This may be a big list of ingredients, but it really adds to the overall complexity of savory taste of real authentic bean soup. shopping list
- I also show how to avoid soaking beans overnight in the directions if you are in a hurry.... shopping list
- 1 bag of dried navy beans shopping list
- 2-1/2 quarts of water shopping list
- 1/3 cup diced salt pork or bacon (I prefer bacon - use 5 or so slices) shopping list
- 3/4 cup finely diced carrots - 2 carrots shopping list
- 1 large onion diced finely shopping list
- 3/4 cup celery diced finely - 2 stalks shopping list
- 1/2 can of tomato paste (the small can) shopping list
- 1 cup potato - diced finely, 1 large potato shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves minced finely shopping list
- 2 bay leaves shopping list
- 4 whole cloves shopping list
- 1 -1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper shopping list
- 1 leftover ham bone or shank shopping list
- 4 hot dogs sliced (optional - but oh so good and homey) shopping list
- stock pot with lid shopping list
How to make it
- I will try and keep the how to short, but it is worth every step. This recipe will do great on a Saturday or Sunday and when you need to feed dinner with only a few funds...its super delicious, and as mentioned in the description, you may substitute the navy beans for black bean, lentils or even pea beans.
- Take large soup pot and put water in half way.
- Rinse beans, looking for any pebbles or icky things that shouldn't be there.
- Add rinsed beans to pot and let sit on counter over night or at least 10 hours. Change water at least once.
- In A HURRY? After soaking for 30 minutes, drain water, and add enough water to cover beans plus 2 added cups water and let simmer for 3 hours.
- Proceed as directed without adding additional water.
- ***Back to normal directions***
- In morning, or after 10 hours, rinse beans completely and set aside for the moment.
- To stock pot, add a little drizzle of olive oil, add salt pork or bacon and cook for at least 5 minutes.
- Add onions, carrots, celery, and garlic to pot and sweat till soft NOT brown for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add navy beans to pot, all remaining ingredients (except for hot dogs) including 2-1/2 quarts water and let come to a boil.
- Turn down and let simmer for 2 hours.
- Remove ham bone and bay leaves.
- Add sliced hot dogs to pot and simmer for additional 10 minutes and serve it up in large soup bowls.
- Add freshly minced chives or parsley for added garnish.
- Photo I grabbed from tasteofhome.com
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