Senate Bean Soup

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Fridge Finds

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (25)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
3 hr 15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
12 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 3 hr 15 min
Total:: 3 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

2 pounds Michigan navy beans
4 quarts water
1 thick slice leftover spiral ham, cut into small pieces (not country ham,

Directions

which is too salty)*

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 medium onion, chopped
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves

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 2 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. Garnish with parsley.

*Cook's note: This recipe can also be made with ham hock.

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Aray Louisville, KY 10-27-2009
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Questionj concerning the soup
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I havent't really tried it yet, but i will. Can this soup be cooked in a crockpot?
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donna Maumee, OH 10-02-2009
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Go to Bean Soup Recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made thus numerous times over the past year. Today I used 4 cans of great northern beans, chicken stock and leftover... ham! The corn muffins took longer than the soup. Great weeknight meal>Read more
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Mary Wheatland, WY 09-20-2009
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Yummy Senate Bean Soup
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is nearly like my mom made it when we were growing up, not in the south, but in the midwest (Iowa). Do NOT puree the... beans - it makes the soup too pasty. It will be a soup with a watery broth. You can reheat and eat this soup for several days and it gradually get thicker. Add water or chicken stock to thin it down if you want. My mom would cook this soup nearly all day, being sure to add water as it cooked down, otherwise it turns to a sticky mess. A hamhock or ham bone are a must. Definitely don't salt until it's completely done, let everyone salt there own. A good dose of pepper is importatnt too. Yummy! I guess you can add celery and carrot, as some have suggested, but it's not the same soup. There is no "senate bean" as someone asked, this was soup served in the Senate. :)Read more
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Mona Springfield, OH 05-30-2009
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Love it
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Everytime I make bean soup, I use this recipe. Sometimes I do it exactly and other times I do it different and add my own zip... to it. But either way it always turns out wonderful...... Love Paula DeanRead more
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Richard Chattanooga, TN 05-21-2009
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Great!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Simple and good
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Jennifer Lynn dorset, OH 01-28-2009
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a bit bland
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

our clients did not seem eager for this soup - a bit bland was the comment but we kee trying other of paula's treats...thank... you for considering to add calories per serving & other nutritional information......meals for seniors & shut-ins aprreciate you GREATLY!!!!!!Read more