Grandpop Henrys Navy Bean Soup Food

CHUNKY NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Sort, wash, and soak beans overnight.
• Drain beans.
• Add ham hock, garlic and 4 cups water.
• Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 3 hours.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

PERFECT NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In large pot add 1 tsp of olive oil - bring to medium high heat and add onion, celery, garlic and carrots - cook till onions become clear. Add beans and allow to cook for 5 minutes stirring frequently.
• Add ham hock or bone and cover with water. Bring to a boil add salt, pepper, thyme and bay leaves. Cook till beans are tender. Approximately 2 - 3 hours.
• Add ham meat, parsley and tomatoes (optional). Allow 30 minutes to reduce and serve.

HEARTY NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cover beans in about two inches of cold water. Bring to a rapid boil, and immediately turn off and take off the heat. Allow to soak for one hour.
• While this is soaking, in another pot cover the pork neckbones with just enough water to cover (about 6 cups +/-) bring to a boil and simmer for the hour that the beans are soaking.
• Drain beans, rinse and reserve. In the large pot, render fat from bacon and cook till well browned and crispy. Drain off all but about 1T of the bacon fat. Reserve crumbled bacon.
• Add the onion, celery, carrot and bay leaf. Sautee until soft. Add beans and the broth from the neckbones. If needed, add more water, to cover beans (do not add salt at this time).
• Pull any meat from the bones and add to the pot. Simmer beans and neck meat in broth about 40-45 minutes until beans are almost at desired tenderness. Add bacon, stir and check seasoning. This is the time you would add the salt and pepper to taste.
• If you like a creamy consistency, you can pulse half or more of the mixture in the food processor, or use a submersion blender. Remove bayleaf before serving.

HEARTY NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse and sort beans. Cover with cold water and soak overnight.
• Drain beans and place in a large soup kettle or Dutch oven.
• Add tomatoes, onions, carrots, celery, ham, broth and water. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer until beans are tender, about 1-1/2 hours. Add more water if necessary.
• (For a thicker soup, beans may be pureed in a food processor or blender and then returned to the kettle and heated through.) (I used a potato masher and mashed part of the bean mixture to make it thicker).