Old Fashioned Bean And Ham Soup
Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins
Preparation Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs
Ingredients
- Servings: 12
- 2 lbs dried great northern beans, rinsed, drained & picked over
- 4 ham hocks, 2 fresh and 2 smoked or 4 ham bone
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 cloves, garlic minced
- 3 potatoes, pared and cubed
- 3 carrots, diced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 3 quarts water
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 1/2 teaspoon dried savory
- parsley
- salt
Recipe
- 1 put rinsed beans in pan and cover up to 2 inches past beans in large pot -- let sit overnight.
- 2 drain, put beans back in pot, add water and the rest of ingredients.
- 3 bring to boil, turn to simmer and cover.
- 4 simmer for at least 3 hours or until beans are soft.
- 5 take out bones and dice up any meat on bones and put back into pot -- you can add more ham if you want.
- 6 discard fat and bones.
- 7 season to taste with pepper and salt and parsley.
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