Bean & Bacon Soup

Name: Bean & Bacon Soup
Ingredients: 1 lb navy beans; 12 lb bacon, cooked, drained, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 2 celery ribs, sliced; 2 carrots, chopped; salt; pepper

7 ingredients

16 steps

Ingredients

1 lb navy beans
12 lb bacon, cooked, drained, sliced
1 onion, diced
2 celery ribs, sliced
2 carrots, chopped
salt
pepper

Directions

1

Soak beans overnight.
2

The next day -
3

Cook bacon until crisp.
4

Dry with paper towels.
5

Slice into small pieces.
6

Set aside.
7

Put 1/2 cup of beans aside.
8

Put the rest of the beans in a pot of fresh water with the onion, carrot, and celery.
9

Put the half cup of beans in the blender for 30-60 seconds.
10

Put in pot with the rest of the mixture.
11

Bring to a boil.
12

Add bacon.
13

Cook on medium heat for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until beans are soft.
14

Add salt and pepper to taste.
15

Serve.
16

**If you want to make the soup a little thicker, you can use a manual potato masher to mash the beans before beginning to cook them (just as you put them into the pot of fresh water for cooking).