Bean and Bacon Soup

Name: Bean and Bacon Soup
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb. bacon, diced; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 cup carrots, diced; 1 cup celery, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 4 cups chicken broth; 3 (15.5 oz.) cans Great Northern beans, drained; 1 (15 oz.) can Tomato sauce; to taste salt and pepper

Leelumae @leelumae

Kansas

Just like the canned stuff....only better!

Leelumae @leelumae

Kansas

Just like the canned stuff....only better!

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 to 6 servings

1 lb.bacon, diced
1small onion, chopped
1 cupcarrots, diced
1 cupcelery, diced
2 clovesgarlic, minced
4 cupschicken broth
3 (15.5 oz.)cans Great Northern beans, drained
1 (15 oz.)can Tomato sauce
to tastesalt and pepper

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Steps

1 hour

1

Dice bacon and cook over medium high heat in a large Dutch oven.
2

When cooked and crispy, place in a paper towel lined bowl and set aside.
3

Dice onion, carrots and celery.
4

Leave 2 Tbsp. of the bacon grease in pot and saute diced onion, celery, carrots and garlic until tender.
5

Add in beans, chicken broth and salt and pepper. You do not need that much salt as the bacon will be salty already.
6

Heat to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer covered for 1 hour.
7

Open lid and bask in the aroma... :)
8

Using a ladle, remove half of soup and place in a blender, blend on low until incorporated.
9

Place back into pot and add the can of tomato sauce and 3/4 of the cooked bacon.
10

Continue to heat on low until soup is warm and bubbly.
11

Top with remaining bacon. Enjoy!