My Sister's Navy Bean Soup

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I'm shameless about scrounging a ham bone so I can make this soup! If the "donation" has been scraped pretty clean of meat, I'll purchase a less expensive boneless dinner ham, use the center portion for dinner or a couple of breakfasts and run the ends through the food processor to supplement my soup.

by CountryLady·published 2003-11-27

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Beans

Servings

(6–8)

Total time

19 min

prep 15 min

Calories / serving

114 kcal

Ingredients (7)

serves

1 (16 ounce) package navy beans
9 cups waterwater
1 meaty ham bone
1 teaspoon saltsalt
6 -10 whole peppercornspeppercorn
3 bay leavesbay-leaf
1 medium oniononion

Instructions (7 steps)

01Thoroughly wash beans in cold water& discard any stones or shrivelled beans.
02Place beans into a large, heavy pot with fresh water; bring to a boil& boil for 5 minutes.
03Remove from heat, cover& let stand for an hour.
04Add ham bone, salt, pepper& bay leaves to pot, cover& simmer for 3 hours.
05Remove bay leaves & ham bone and allow to cool enough to be able to handle.
06In the meantime, use a potato masher to mash the beans slightly, chop the onion& add to the pot.

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