bean soup recipe?

[mickeym]

I have this huge jar of white beans my dad gave me...and I'm looking for an easy (preferably in the crockpot) recipe to turn them into bean soup. Anybody?

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[kaiz.livejournal.com]

Never tried it, but this one (http://hubpages.com/hub/Parmesan-White-Bean-Soup-Recipe) looks rather tasty :-)

[zelda-zee.livejournal.com]

Here's one I posted a while back: Vegetarian White Bean Soup with Kale and Roasted Red Peppers (http://zelda-zee.livejournal.com/324296.html#cutid1).

[rainbow.livejournal.com]

My basic is:
Pick over beans, then soak them 24-48 hours. Change water every 12 hours. Soaking breaks down something in beans that makes them harder to digest and makes the good stuff in them easier for the body to assimilate. It's fine if they sprout, they'll just be that much more nutritious and cook faster.

Rinse the beans. Chop an onion. Chop some ham or bacon or salt pork or whatever piques your interest. Strongly flavored is good, adn I prefer uncured to avoid the nitrates/nitrites. Haul out a bay leaf or 3. Chop some celery and carrots. Toss it all in a soup pot/crockpot, season with salt, pepper, and thyme, add a good slug of olive oil or a knob of butter, and cover with about 2" water (a LOT MORE WATER if the beans have not been well soaked, and keep an eye on it while it's cooking, because unsoaked beans soak up an ungodly amount of liquid). Bring to the boil, lower to just *barely* a simmer, and let go all day. Serve as you like. Even better the 2nd day.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

i second this :)

you can also use just a hambone if you can get one -- bones are very good for this kind of longterm cooking

v important to soak dry beans for a minimum of overnight! :)

good to eat with conrbread

[maerhysetc.livejournal.com]

I third this! This is how I made mine --- very, very good.