Bean Soup

11 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. 6 oz. can navy beans, rinsed in cold water
  • 3 chicken bouillon cubes, dissolved in 1 gal. water
  • 1 1/2 lb. pork hocks
  • 1 small bay leaf
  • 3 oz. chopped onion
  • 2 oz. chopped celery
  • 3 oz. chopped carrots
  • 2 oz. cut up smoked ham pieces
  • 2 tsp. your favorite seasoning salt
  • cloves of fresh garlic
  • 1/4 tsp. black pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil.
  2. 2
    Cover and simmer slowly until beans are very soft, about 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
  3. 3
    Remove bay leaf and bones from kettle.
  4. 4
    Remove skin from pork hocks, cut up meat and return meat to soup kettle.
  5. 5
    Stir with spoon, mashing about 10% of the beans.
  6. 6
    This process thickens the soup and gives it body.
  7. 7
    It makes about 15 cups of bean soup.

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