Recipe: Tasty A Soup of Beans

A Soup of Beans. This dried navy bean soup is made with a ham bone, cubed ham, carrots, onion, celery and bay leaves. I am an Appalachian "kid" and bean soup was a staple in our family. Here is a little trick I learned.

Soup beans are often re-cooked as fried bean cakes. Soup beans is a term common in the Southern United States, particularly the regions around the Appalachian Mountains. Just divide it up after cooking, cool, then transfer to the freezer for long term. You can cook A Soup of Beans using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of A Soup of Beans

1. Prepare 15 ounces of dark kidney beans.
2. You need 15 ounces of light kidney beans.
3. Prepare 15 ounces of pinto beans.
4. You need 15 ounces of Cannellini beans.
5. Prepare 1 cup of sliced celery leaves incorporated.
6. It's 2 tablespoons of minced garlic.
7. It's 1 of large onion diced.
8. Prepare 1-1/2 tablespoons of rice vinegar.
9. It's 1 pint of chicken broth.
10. Prepare 1/3 pound of hog jawls, bacon with skin.
11. It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
12. You need 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
13. You need 1 teaspoon of ground cumin.
14. It's 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar.
15. It's 1 stick of butter.
16. It's 1 teaspoon of summer savory.

This hearty black bean soup is what you need on a cold and dreary day! Made with ham shanks, sweet potatoes, bell pepper, onion, cumin, and chili. This excellent navy beans and ham soup is a real family favorite of ours and I make it often. Nana's Epic Navy Bean Ham Bone Soup Recipe: A simple, yet utterly tempting, ham and bean soup recipe is a great way to use your leftover holiday ham bone.

A Soup of Beans instructions

1. Slice the hog jawls into strips. Remove the skin cutting closely to the edges leaving little fat on the strips. Slice the rest of the hog jawls into small bits. Render the fat off the skin..
2. Remove the skin strips and slice them into very small pieces. Add the hog jawls into the pot to render them. Dice the onions..
3. Add the onion and skin bits into the pot with the rendered hog jawls, sweat the onions for 15 minutes. Add the garlic, salt, and celery sauté for 10 minutes..
4. Add the beans, broth, spices and vinegar. Bring to a boil then simmer for 30 minutes stirring occasionally..
5. After it has simmered 30 minutes add the butter and allow to melt covered with the heat off..

First, ham and bean soup has been a staple in our house for all the years we've been married. Every time we buy a bone-in ham, we make this giant pot of soup. Sometimes I think we look forward to this soup more than the actual ham. Ham and Bean Soup is one of our all time favorite foods to come home to on a chilly day. This "no-soaking required" Ham and Bean soup takes just minutes to prepare and cooks effortlessly in your Crock Pot all day long!