Senate Bean Soup


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Servings: Serves 12
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 3 hours
Difficulty: Easy

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1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1   thick slice of leftover Spiral Ham, cut into small pieces (not country ham,which is too salty)
4 quart water
2 lb Michigan navy beans
1   medium onion, chopped
salt and pepper
1/4 cup fresh parsley

Directions

Rinse the beans in hot water until they are white. Place them in a stockpot, add the water, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3 hours. Heat the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Saute the onion until lightly browned. Add the onion to the pot of beans. Remove two cups of the bean mixture, puree in a blender, and return to the soup.  Add to ham to soup mixture. Just before serving, season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.

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By Sonattary on May 19, 2011

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Paula, Love your website and your wonderful reciepes!! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have a safe New Year!!Makin beans and Ham today!!

By Mary young on December 28, 2010

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This is the first soup for me to make,I had just received a Honey Bee ham from a friend and had the bone to use in a soup. I have in the past made Paula's recipes I had found here,even after reading some of the reviews I thought this will be good and I will put my own twists on it.I added cooked fresh carrots, and used tomato-chicken bullion cube with it and also added a little garlic salt.I found the soup to be thick enough so I didn't remove the 2 cups of beans as stated in the recipe.This is the best soup that I have tasted in a long time.I will make it again,very happy with how it turned out.

By Anonymous on December 05, 2010

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I am a HUGE fan of Paula's recipes, but this one didn't work out so well. It didn't have a lot of taste. I think it would have been better with country ham.

By tngram on September 19, 2009

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