Capitol Hill Bean Soup

Name: Capitol Hill Bean Soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound dried white navy beans, sorted of debris and rinsed; 1 (about 1-lb.) ham bone or uncured ham hock (I used the center bone with lots of meat from the ham dinner we had the day before); 2 1/2 quarts water (10 cups); 1 large russet potato (about 8 oz.); 3 cups chopped celery (about 6 stalks); 3 cups chopped yellow onion (about 3 medium onions); 1-3 Garlic clove, minced; 3 teaspoons kosher salt; 3/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

PaulN @cook_6047903

A good, hearty soup. If you want to "liven it" up a bit, add 2 - 3 table spoons yellow mustard when soup is almost ready; but it has a very nice flavor on its own actually.

PaulN @cook_6047903

A good, hearty soup. If you want to "liven it" up a bit, add 2 - 3 table spoons yellow mustard when soup is almost ready; but it has a very nice flavor on its own actually.

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Ingredients

1 pounddried white navy beans, sorted of debris and rinsed
1(about 1-lb.) ham bone or uncured ham hock (I used the center bone with lots of meat from the ham dinner we had the day before)
2 1/2 quartswater (10 cups)
1large russet potato (about 8 oz.)
3 cupschopped celery (about 6 stalks)
3 cupschopped yellow onion (about 3 medium onions)
1-3Garlic clove, minced
3 teaspoonskosher salt
3/4 teaspoonblack pepper
1/4 cupchopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

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Steps

1

Place beans in a Dutch oven or large casserole; add water to cover, and soak 8 hours or overnight. Drain beans. Add ham bone and water. Cover and bring to a boil over high; reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 1 hour.
2

Rinse potato; pierce with a fork, and wrap potato in a paper towel. Microwave on HIGH until tender, about 4 to 5 minutes; peel and mash potato. Stir potato, celery, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper into bean mixture; simmer over medium-low until beans are tender, about 1 hour.
3

Remove ham bone from Dutch oven, and let stand until cool enough to handle, about 20 minutes. Remove and discard bone and fat; dice meat, and stir into bean mixture. Top each serving with chopped parsley