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Northern Bean Soup

Great Northern Bean Soup

Michelle Tucker
A delicious and hearty soup that's perfect for a cold winter's evening. It's a soup I like to make whenever I have a hambone available.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 1 16oz Package of dried Northern Beans
  • 3 tbls Olive Oil
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 Celery Stalks
  • 2 Carrots
  • 8 cups Water
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 Ham Hock with meat attached
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • Salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the beans by following the package's directions on how to soak your beans before cooking. I usually do the overnight soak.
  • Chop up your onion, carrots and celery.
  • Heat olive oil in large pot over medium heat.
  • Add chopped onion, carrots and celery, salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 5-7 minutes or until tender.
  • Add hambone, bay leaf, beans and water. Make sure to add enough water so that all the beans are covered.
  • Cover and simmer for 1 1/2-2 hours.
  • Pull hambone out of your soup. Pull the excess ham off the bone and stir the meat back into the soup.
  • Let simmer for about another 10 minutes.
  • Pull out bay leaf.
  • Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.
  • Enjoy
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