Navy Bean & Bacon Soup
Navy Bean & Bacon Soup

Hi everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, navy bean & bacon soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Navy Bean & Bacon Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Navy Bean & Bacon Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have navy bean & bacon soup using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Navy Bean & Bacon Soup:
  1. 1 lb dried navy beans
  2. 12 oz thick cut bacon - slices cut across to 1/2" strips
  3. 1 medium yellow onion - diced
  4. 1 tsp garlic powder
  5. 2 tsp dried parsley
  6. 6 cups water
  7. 1 cup diced carrots
  8. to taste salt and pepper
Instructions to make Navy Bean & Bacon Soup:
  1. Sort beans to remove any broken/bad beans or other abnormalities. Such as what is pictured here.
  2. Soak beans using one of the 2 following methods. Overnight: Place beans in a large bowl with 6-8 cups cold water and allow to soak at least 12 hrs. OR Quick Soak (which I prefer): Place beans in large pot (about 6 quart size). Add 6-8 cups cold water. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Boil 2 minutes. Turn off heat, cover, let sit 1-2 hrs. Drain and rinse beans in a large colander. Set aside. Do not save soak water.
  3. If you quick soaked just rinse the pot you used. Place pot on stove over medium-high heat. When hot add all of bacon. Cook until browned and crisp, stirring occasionally.
  4. Add onion, garlic powder, and parsley (do not remove bacon or drain fat). Cook 2 minutes more stirring constantly. Return beans to pot. Add 6 cups cold water. Stir to combine. Do NOT add any salt or pepper yet.
  5. Bring to a boil for about 2 minutes. Cover with lid slightly offset to vent. Reduce heat to medium low. Simmer until beans are tender, about 2 hrs, adding carrots in last 30 minutes. Check and stir occasionally.
  6. When beans are tender use a slotted spoon to transfer about 1/2 cup to a medium bowl. Mash beans with fork and stir back into soup. Add salt and pepper to taste at this time (I went with a heaping tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp pepper). Serve with cornbread if desired. Enjoy!
  7. See notes below ⤵
  8. For those who do not know, the primary reason for not salting beans as they cook is because the added salt has the tendency to prevent the beans from becoming tender. I'm personally not sure of the exact reason, but I do know from personal experience that this is accurate so I always salt beans after they are tender.

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