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Bean Soup Recipe from The Famous Senate Restaurant Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 pounds dried navy beans
four quarts hot water
1 1/2 pounds smoked ham hocks
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Directions:
Wash the navy beans and run hot water through them until they are slightly whitened. Place beans into pot with hot water. Add ham hocks and simmer approximately three hours in a covered pot, stirring occasionally. Remove ham hocks and set aside to cool. Dice meat and return to soup. Lightly brown the onion in butter. Add to soup. Before serving, bring to a boil and season with salt and pepper. Serves 8.

Serve with Fluffy Dumplings made from the recipe in the Misc section here, or made from a biscuit mix such as Bisquick! Yummy!

Here is the basic recipe. I like to add a can of diced tomatoes, a stalk of celery in a small dice, a diced carrot, and a bay leaf. I generally use a ham bone instead of ham hocks too.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
3 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom and Dad used to make bean soup fairly often as we were growing up. Dad always loved fluffy dumplings on top making this a truly "rib sticking" meal!

Between Christmas and New Years in 2010 I made a huge batch of Bean Soup while visiting my sister Connie in Georgia. It was Connie who reminded me about the dumplings so I made them and with one bite, the memories came rushing back in!

 

 

 

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