Great Northern Bean Soup (Crockpot)

Name: Great Northern Bean Soup (Crockpot)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb dry great northern beans; 1 large onion; 2 celery stalks; 2 medium carrots; 4 garlic cloves; 2 tbsp beef boullion paste; 1/4 cup olive oil; 2 tbsp butter; 4 cup water; 2 bay leaves; 1 salt & pepper to taste

Sara @cook_2966415

I wanted a recipe for the pounds of dry beans I have in my pantry. This was originally intended to be a side dish of beans, but it ended up being full of liquid and tasted great as a soup. This can easily be made vegetarian or vegan if desired by subbing out the butter and beef base with vegetarian substitutes.

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Ingredients

1 lbdry great northern beans
1large onion
2celery stalks
2medium carrots
4garlic cloves
2 tbspbeef boullion paste
1/4 cupolive oil
2 tbspbutter
4 cupwater
2bay leaves
1salt & pepper to taste

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Steps

1

Soak beans in water overnight (can do this in the crockpot with it unplugged)
2

Drain water and pick out bad or split beans.
3

Chop celery, carrots, garlic, and onion. Add to crockpot along with bay leaves.
4

Add enough water to cover ingredients. 4 cups worked for me. Can add more if needed.
5

Add beef bouillon paste (I use better than bouillon beef base), butter, and olive oil.
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Cook on high for 6 hours.
7

Remove bay leaves. Add salt and pepper to taste.
8

Can use immersion blender to puree part of the soup to thicken if preferred.
9

Enjoy :)