14beansoup Recipes

Steps:

• Wash and sort beans.
• Place first 7 ingredients in a large pot.
• Bring to a boil, cover and remove from heat.
• Allow to stand for 1 hour; return to heat and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer till veggies are tender adding water if necessary (if you add too much water you will need to add another bouillon cube--but be careful, they are salty).
• Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer about 30 minutes.
• Serve with bread and a green salad.

Steps:

• Presoak beans overnight, or boil them according to package.
• Combine all in crockpot.
• Cook on high 6-8 hours, or until beans are soft.
• Remove ham hocks/bone (strip meat off and add back to soup if desired) and bay leaves.
• ENJOY!
• Could also be done on the stove top by simmering all on low for 3-4 hours (until beans soften).

Steps:

• Place rinsed beans into a large stock pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Boil gently for 2 minutes; remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
• Add ham bone, cubed ham, onion, salt, pepper and bay leaves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until beans are soft. Occasionally skim surface of soup while it is cooking.
• Add carrots and celery, cook until tender. Remove ham bone, scrape any meat from bone and place back into soup and serve.

Steps:

• Place bean mix into a large bowl and cover with several inches of water; soak for at least 24 hours. Drain completely.
• Bring chicken stock to a boil in a pot large enough to hold the beans and, eventually, the ham bone. Add the soaked beans; reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 1 hour.
• Bring stock and beans back to a boil. Add ham bone, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, and bay leaves. Reduce heat to low and simmer until vegetables are soft, about 1 hour. Add chopped ham, liquid smoke, and mustard powder. Stir and let simmer until flavors blend, about 30 minutes more.
• Remove ham bone from the soup. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• RINSE AND SORT BEANS AND PUT IN LARGE POT WITH WATER AND SALT.
• BRING TO BOIL AND BOIL FOR TWO MINUTES.
• TURN OFF HEAT, COVER, AND LET STAND FOR 1 HOUR.
• RINSE, DRAIN, AND TRANSFER TO CROCK POT.
• COMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS IN 6 ½ QUART CROCK POT WITH 10 CUPS WATER.
• COOK ON LOW FOR 8 HOURS.
• REMOVE HAM HOCK.
• CUT OFF USEABLE MEAT AND RETURN MEAT TO POT.
• REMOVE BAY LEAVES.
• FOR THICKER SOUP, STIR IN 1 TBS CORN STARCH MIXED WITH 2 TBS WATER.
• COOK ON HIGH FOR 30 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR.
• ADJUST SEASONINGS TO TASTE.
• Makes enough to feed a Third World Country or two teen-agers!

Steps:

• Start a pot of 10 cups of water to boil (using hot water will make the Instant Pot come up to pressure faster).
• Chop onions and carrot, mince garlic.
• Turn the Instant Pot on Saute, add the olive oil and heat until warm, then add onions and carrots and cook until the onions start to turn translucent, then add garlic and cook a minute longer.
• Add the ham bone, the beans from a package of 15 bean soup (not seasoning packet), and 10 cups of the hot water, or enough to fill the pot only to the max line.
• Set the Instant Pot on Beans/Soup setting for 30 minutes.
• After the timer goes off, turn the pot off for 10 minutes, then do a quick release of the pressure and take the lid off.
• Remove the hambone and discard, or pick some of the meat off and add to the soup if you'd like.
• Add the lemon juice, tomato soup and all of the seasonings, turn the pot on saute and cook for about 30 minutes to let the flavors meld.
• Serve with corn bread.

Steps:

• Set aside seasoning packet from beans. Sort beans and rinse with cold water. Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water to cover by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1 to 4 hours or until beans are softened. Drain and rinse beans, discarding liquid., Return beans to the pan. Add contents of bean seasoning packet, onion, garlic, salt, chili powder, pepper, pepper sauce, bay leaf and water. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until beans are tender. Add tomatoes and lemon juice. Simmer, uncovered, until heated through. Discard bay leaf.

Steps:

• Place beans in a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir onion until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Add carrots, mushrooms, celery, kale, chard, and garlic; cook and stir until carrots and mushrooms are slightly tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Pour broth over vegetable mixture and bring to a boil; reduce heat and add bay leaves, rosemary, basil, salt, and pepper. Add beans and simmer soup until beans are softened, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Steps:

• Wash the beans; put in large pot and cover with water. Bring to boil; stir and remove from heat. Cover and let sit 1 hour. After that hour, drain beans and set aside.
• Add oil to pot. Sauté your ham hocks, onion, and celery until tender.
• Next add garlic and sauté 2 minutes more.
• Add your beans and cover with water (about 2 inches over top of beans).
• Add tomatoes with the juice, parsley, rosemary, black pepper, bouillon cubes, and about 1 teaspoon of salt to start with.
• Mix well. Bring to boil; stir, reduce heat cover and simmer for 2 to 21/2 hours or until all the sizes of the beans are tender.
• Keep watching it and stirring it every once in a while. You may need to add more water; you want it to keep a consistency a little thicker than a soup.
• Taste it after it cooks--you may need more salt or pepper.
• During the last 15 minutes of cooking, add the flavor package that comes with the beans.
• Serve by itself or over rice.