Vegan Navy Bean Soup Recipes

HEARTY VEGAN NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and pick over beans.
• Cover with water and soak overnight, or quick soak.
• Discard soaking water, rinse beans and put in a large soup pot.
• Add the 8 cups of water and bring to a boil.
• Cover tightly and reduce heat to a low simmer.
• Add carrots.
• In a nonstick pan saute onion in balsamic vinegar until it caramelizes (this takes a while on low heat).
• Add garlic, celery leaves, and cabbage.
• Continue sautéing, adding more liquid as necessary.
• When the mixture has cooked down somewhat, add it to the beans.
• Add tomato sauce, bay leaves, and spices.
• Simmer *very* slowly for 2 hours or until beans are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Remove bay leaves and serve with hard bread and salad.

HEARTY NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cover beans in about two inches of cold water. Bring to a rapid boil, and immediately turn off and take off the heat. Allow to soak for one hour.
• While this is soaking, in another pot cover the pork neckbones with just enough water to cover (about 6 cups +/-) bring to a boil and simmer for the hour that the beans are soaking.
• Drain beans, rinse and reserve. In the large pot, render fat from bacon and cook till well browned and crispy. Drain off all but about 1T of the bacon fat. Reserve crumbled bacon.
• Add the onion, celery, carrot and bay leaf. Sautee until soft. Add beans and the broth from the neckbones. If needed, add more water, to cover beans (do not add salt at this time).
• Pull any meat from the bones and add to the pot. Simmer beans and neck meat in broth about 40-45 minutes until beans are almost at desired tenderness. Add bacon, stir and check seasoning. This is the time you would add the salt and pepper to taste.
• If you like a creamy consistency, you can pulse half or more of the mixture in the food processor, or use a submersion blender. Remove bayleaf before serving.

NAVY BEAN SOUP I

Steps:

• Combine beans, water, tomatoes, onion, celery, garlic, ham, bouillon, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, garlic, and bay leaf in a stock pot; bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and simmer for two hours.
• Add additional water. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer for an additional two hours. Discard bay leaf.

VEGAN NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In pot, sauté garlic and onion in olive oil (until lightly caramelized). Add water, cubed red potatoes, chopped kale, salt, cumin, and nutritional yeast. Stir. Cook, uncovered, over medium-high heat until potatoes are done (about 20 minutes).
• Add Navy Beans and Vegenaise. If available, use a whisk to stir in the Vegenaise. This helps to blend the Vegenaise thoroughly into the soup. Cook for several more minutes and serve.