Four Bean Soup Food

FOUR BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the beans. Place beans in a large bowl, cover with cold water, and soak for 10 to 12 hours in the refrigerator. Drain and place in a large pot with 2 quarts water and the kosher salt. Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer for 1 hour or until beans are tender. Remove from heat, and let beans cool in their liquid.
• Cook bacon about halfway in a large pot over medium heat. Add venison, and brown evenly in bacon grease. Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add chicken stock and tomatoes. Bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer, cover and cook for 45 minutes.
• Remove cover, add cabbage, and continue to simmer until meat is tender. Drain beans, and add to pot. Stir in basil, parsley, lemon juice and Tabasco. Season with additional salt to taste.

EZ FOUR BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Use the colander to drain and rinse all of the beans, one can at a time and put them all in the mixing bowl for later.
• Chop the onion, garlic and shallot; leave them on the cutting board for now.
• Pour the frozen veggies into the colander.
• Measure the herbs, salt and pepper and spices into small bowl, set aside.
• Heat olive oil in pan over medium heat.
• Add onions, garlic and shallots cook for several minutes until soft but not browned.
• Add frozen veggies and stir well.
• Cook until veggies are hot and begin to soften, turn heat to medium high.
• Add tomatoes, beans, and stock, bring to a boil.
• Add herbs, salt and spices. Stir well, return to boil for 5 minutes then lower heat until ready to serve.
• We like to top with a sprinkle of lemon pepper, or bacon bits (my son not me, don't ask).

FLAME'S FOUR BEAN NECK BONE SOUP

Steps:

• in one large pot boil your neck bones season to taste. I use garlic powder,salt,pepper,italian seasoning,minced onion and garlic and a small about of cummin. use your 4 cups of water for the boiling. do not throw away, this will create your stock for your soup. boil and let cool and separate meat from bone and set meat aside.
• got your neck bones all cooked? now in the stock you just created stir in your tomato paste and sauce.do this on medium heat, stir well. now open and drain your beans and add those.
• add the rest of your items one at a time stirring down to the bottom of the pot. save your spinach for last as this takes the least amount of time to cook. add your meat and let simmer for at least 30 mins till potatoes are cooked and tender.
• now if you can get this stew to have left overs. you can put the remaining in a canning jar fill to within 1 in of the top place seal and lid on tightly and place in a boil bath for 20 mins. let cool on counter completely and insure the seals have set correctly. will last up to three months on shelf. (like i said if you have enough left overs. i usually don't)