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Senate Bean Soup
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 240 Minutes
Ready In: 255 Minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1 lb dried navy beans or 1 lb great northern beans or 1 lb pea beans
1 large smoked ham hock
3 potatoes, cooked and mashed
2 onions, chopped well
1 cup celery, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper
Directions:
1. Wash and sort beans.
2. Place in a large pot with a lid and add 5 quarts of water.
3. Bring to a boil and boil hard for 2 minutes.
4. Cover, remove from heat and let stand for 1 hour.
5. Bring to a hard boil again, reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours, or until the beans begin to mush.
6. Add all the ingredients except salt and pepper and simmer for 1 hour longer.
7. Remove hock, cut up meat and return to the pot.
8. Discard bone.
9. Season to taste with salt and pepper, Serve.
By RecipeOfHealth.com