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Ham and Bean Soup

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By Diana Rattray, About.com

A recipe for ham bean soup with Great Northern beans and chopped vegetables.

Cook Time: 2 hours

Ingredients:

  • 8 cups water
  • 1 pound Great Northern beans or navy beans
  • 2 cups cubed ham
  • 1 ham bone or ham hock, optional
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 rib celery, chopped or sliced thinly
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce

Preparation:

Bring water and beans to a boil; boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 1 hour.

Stir in ham, ham bone or hock, pepper, bay leaf, carrot and celery. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer until beans are tender (skim foam from top), about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. If soup is too thick, add a little water.
Remove ham bone or ham hock (if used) and trim meat from bone. Return meat to soup with tomato sauce and salt; simmer for about 15 minutes longer. Remove bay leaf.
Ham and bean soup serves 6.

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Wonderful Soup...August 31, 2009By ronagriffin7
"This is a great bean soup! Evey time I make this I seem to tweak it a bit. But one secret I have to making it just a bit thicker is by adding a couple of cups of small diced potatoes. And I usually do part water and part chicken broth and garnish it with a little bit of pre-packaged Turkey bacon or Real bacon bits and a dash of black pepper. As usual, served with hot cornbread and it's fantastico!!!! Thanks for the recipe!!!! Just love it!!!"

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