Recipe Cheat Sheet

Bean Soup

8 servings · prep 15 min · total 175 min

Rinse the beans and pick out any stones
1 lb dried navy or great northern beansboil 2 min, cover and soak off heat 1 hradd, simmer covered 1 hr 15 minadd, simmer 15 min until tenderpull meat off bone, chop and return; discard bone and bay leafseason and heat through
8 cups water
1 meaty ham bone (or 2 smoked ham hocks)
2 cups cooked ham, diced
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
2 medium carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Recipe Cheat Sheet
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Bean Soup, written out

Makes 8 servings. Prep 15 min, cook 2 hr 40 min, ready in 2 hr 55 min.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb dried navy or great northern beans
  • 8 cups water
  • 1 meaty ham bone (or 2 smoked ham hocks)
  • 2 cups cooked ham, diced
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 medium carrots, sliced
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Before you start

  • Rinse the beans and pick out any stones.

Directions

  1. Boil 2 min, cover and soak off heat 1 hr: dried navy or great northern beans, water.
  2. Add, simmer covered 1 hr 15 min: step 1, meaty ham bone (or 2 smoked ham hocks), cooked ham, onion, garlic, bay leaf.
  3. Add, simmer 15 min until tender: step 2, carrots, celery.
  4. Pull meat off bone, chop and return; discard bone and bay leaf: step 3.
  5. Season and heat through: step 4, salt, ground black pepper.

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