Bean & Bacon Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb navy beans
• 1/2 lb bacon, cooked, drained, sliced
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 celery ribs, sliced
• 2 carrots, chopped
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight.
• 2 the next day -
• 3 cook bacon until crisp. dry with paper towels. slice into small pieces. set aside.
• 4 put 1/2 cup of beans aside. put the rest of the beans in a pot of fresh water with the onion, carrot, and celery.
• 5 put the half cup of beans in the blender for 30-60 seconds. put in pot with the rest of the mixture.
• 6 bring to a boil.
• 7 add bacon.
• 8 cook on medium heat for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until beans are soft.
• 9 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 serve.
• 11 **if you want to make the soup a little thicker, you can use a manual potato masher to mash the beans before beginning to cook them (just as you put them into the pot of fresh water for cooking).