Country Style Bean Soup with Ribbles

Name: Country Style Bean Soup with Ribbles
Total time: 9000 s
Yield: 15 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 16 oz Dry Great Northern Beans; 32 oz Chicken Broth; 64 oz Water; 1 lb Pre Cooked Ham; 1 medium Bay Leaf; 1 medium Onion; 3 medium Potatoes; 1 tbsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Pepper; 1 cup Flour; 1/4 cup Butter or Shortening; 1/4 tsp Salt; 3 tbsp Water

WhitneyJones @cook_3013737

This soup was created for my Grandmother. It has ribbles, which are bean sized dumplings. My grandmother said her favorite thing about her mother's bean soup were the ribbles.

WhitneyJones @cook_3013737

This soup was created for my Grandmother. It has ribbles, which are bean sized dumplings. My grandmother said her favorite thing about her mother's bean soup were the ribbles.

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Ingredients

2 hours 30 mins

15 servings

Soup
16 ozDry Great Northern Beans
32 ozChicken Broth
64 ozWater
1 lbPre Cooked Ham
1 mediumBay Leaf
1 mediumOnion
3 mediumPotatoes
1 tbspSalt
1/2 tspPepper
Ribbles
1 cupFlour
1/4 cupButter or Shortening
1/4 tspSalt
3 tbspWater

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Steps

2 hours 30 mins

1

Prepare beans according to package.
2

In a 5 quart or more soup pot, add beans, chicken broth, water and heat on med high.
3

Chop ham and onions to desired size and had to beans and broth.
4

Add salt and pepper and reduce heat to low med and let cook for approximately 1 hour. Until beans are tender but not mushy.
5

For the ribbles, combine the flour and salt. Cut in butter until a sand consistency has occured. Add water a tablespoon at a time and stir until the dough pulls from the bowl.
6

Peel and cube potatoes.
7

Pinch off pea sized pieces of dough and roll to smooth. Drop pieces of dough into soup. Add as much or has little as you like. I usually use about 3/4ths of the dough.
8

Add cubed potatoes to the soup and cook on med high until tender. Approximately 8 to 10 minutes.
9

Makes about 5 quarts.