Navy Beans Food

NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the beans in a large saucepan and cover with cold water by about 2 inches. Bring to a boil and lower the heat to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes; remove from the heat, cover, and let sit for one hour. Drain and reserve. Tie the parsley, thyme, and bay leaf together with kitchen twine.
• In a large soup pot or Dutch oven combine the beans, herb bundle, hocks, onions, and garlic with the water. Bring to a boil, cover, and adjust the heat so the soup cooks at a gentle simmer. Cook, stirring in the carrots after 1 hour, until the beans and hock are completely tender, about 1 1/2 hours total.
• Turn off the heat and remove the hocks. Cool slightly. Remove the meat from the hocks, discarding the bones, fat, and skin. Cut the meat into small cubes. Remove the herb bundle and discard.
• Puree about 3 cups of the beans with a some of the liquid in a blender. (For a smoother soup, puree all the beans.) Stir the puree and diced meat into the soup. Heat the soup and adjust the seasoning as needed with salt and pepper.
• Pour into heated bowls, place a small pat of butter on top of each soup, and serve.

NAVY BEANS

Steps:

• Place the beans in a colander and rinse with cold running water.
• Pick over the beans to remove any stones or foreign objects.
• Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy stock pot.
• Add the onion and garlic and saute for 5 minutes or until the onion becomes transparent.
• Add the bay leaf and thyme and saute for 1 minute.
• Add the beans and chicken stock and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until the beans are tender.
• Uncover the pot and skim the surface of the bean liquid from time to time to remove any scum that may have formed.
• Remove the pot from the heat, season the beans with salt and pepper to taste, and drain any excess liquid from the beans.
• Remove the bay leaf and serve hot.

NAVY BEANS CAJUN STYLE

Steps:

• heat oil in saucepan over med heat. add vegetables and garlic, stir, cover and cook 6 minutes.
• add drained beans and mix. incorporate remaining ingredients. gradually pour in enough cold water to cover beans by 2 1/2inch. season with salt and black pepper.
• cook partly covered 2 1/2 hours over med heat. stir several times, adding more water as needed.
• serve with fresh bread.

NAVY BEANS IN THE PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a pressure cooker and secure lid.
• Bring to high pressure over high heat, then reduce heat to but maintain pressure.
• Cook beans until tender, about 40 minutes; remove from heat, release pressure, then remove lid and drain beans.

HOMEMADE BAKED NAVY BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight, drain and rinse.
• Cook Beans in 8 cups of water for 1 hour or until tender.
• Drain Beans and place in dutch oven.
• Add remaining ingredients to dutch oven and bake covered at 325 degrees for 2 hours. Remove cover for last 15 minute Let stand for 20 minutes to allow for sauce to thicken. Taste and add salt if desired.

EASY CANNED NAVY BEANS

Steps:

• Put 1 1/2 Cups Dry Navy Beans in each quart jar.
• Add salt as desired.
• Fill Jar with boiling water to 1 inch from the top.
• Put on lids and rings.
• Place in canner with hot water.
• Pressure can at 10 lbs. pressure for 20 minutes.
• Beans will continue to soften when you use them in either your soup or for baked beans.