Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds dried Navy Beans
- Water
- 5 stalks celery
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 4 big cloves of garlic
- 1 large carrot (for color)
- 2 small smoked ham hocks
- 1 teaspoon salt (to start)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (to start)
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Jennie's Senate Navy Bean Soup
Time: 20 minutes prep, 7 hours cook
Servings: 10
Directions
- Wash beans
- Quick soak beans (combine 9 cups water with dried beans; bring to a boil; boil 2 minutes; remove from heat; cover; let stand for 1 hour)
- Pour beans and water into a crock pot
- De-rib celery; chop (or mince if you prefer smaller pieces); add to crock pot
- Peel carrot; mince; add to crock pot
- Mince onion; add to crock pot
- Press garlic straight into crock pot
- Wash ham hocks with water; add to crock pot
- Add salt
- Add pepper
- Cook on high in crock pot until beans are tender and soup thickens
- Remove ham hocks from soup; remove meat from ham hock; shred meat; add back to soup
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Summary
My mom's fabulous Senate Navy Bean Soup...from her recipe card that's at least 30 years old!