White Navy Bean Soup Recipes

MOM'S NAVY BEANS RECIPE + VIDEO

Steps:

• Add dried white beans to large pot, then enough water to cover beans by 1 inch. Allow beans to soak for 8 hours. To save time, feel free to quick soak beans.
• Heat olive oil in large soup or stock pot over medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add chopped onion, carrot, and celery. Sauté for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Use a colander to drain and rinse soaked beans. Add beans to the stock pot of sautéed vegetables and stir to incorporate. Add bundle of thyme sprigs (or dried thyme), garlic and fresh water to cover beans by 1 inch. Bring to a boil, cover pot and lower heat to simmer; Cook for 4 hours or until beans are soft, but not mushy (See Note 1). To make this navy beans recipe in a slow cooker or Instant Pot, see Note 2.
• Season to taste and serve with crusty bread.

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.

NAVY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Place navy beans into a large pot and cover with cold water by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans.
• Use a small piece of kitchen twine to tie parsley and thyme sprigs and bay leaf into a small bundle. Place soaked beans, herb bundle, ham hocks, carrot, onion, and garlic into a large soup pot or Dutch oven. Pour 8 cups cold water over ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until beans and ham hocks are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Turn off heat; remove ham hocks and let cool. When they are cool enough to handle, remove meat from the bones, discarding the bones, fat, and skin. Chop ham into small cubes. Remove and discard herb bundle.
• Transfer about 3 cups cooked beans along with some cooking liquid into a blender; puree beans. Pour pureed beans back into soup, add cooked ham, and bring back to a simmer over medium heat. Season with kosher salt and black pepper to taste.

WHITE BEAN 'N' BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; add enough water to cover beans by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans, discarding liquid. , In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until tender, 3-5 minutes. Stir in broth, water, beans, carrots, red peppers, celery, barley, 1/4 cup parsley, bay leaves, salt, thyme and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 1 hour or until beans are tender. Add tomatoes; heat through. Discard bay leaves. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup parsley.

HEARTY NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse and sort beans; soak according to package directions., Drain and rinse beans, discarding liquid. Place in a Dutch oven. Add the tomatoes with juice, onion, ham hock, broth, water, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until beans are tender, about 1-1/2 hours., Add more water if necessary. Remove ham hock and let it stand until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from bone; discard bone. Cut meat into bite-sized pieces; set aside. (For a thicker soup, cool slightly, then puree beans in a food processor or blender and return to pan.) Return ham to soup and heat through. Garnish with parsley if desired.

BLACK & WHITE NAVY BEAN & HAM SOUP

Steps:

• 1. If time permits you can soak beans over night covered in cold water, and that will lessen the cooking time. Cover at least a few inches over beans because they will swell and absorb more water. But I didn't do this, so the cooking time required was much longer. These are both of the beans I used.
• 2. Pick through beans for sand grit & pebbles, then rinse & drain. Cover with water and bring to a boil and cook about 1 1/2 hours.
• 3. Chop the onions. Can also add minced garlic if desired. I was out, hence the addition of granulated garlic.
• 4. Chop the celery and carrots, I had enough vegetables to make 8 cups. Set aside till needed.
• 5. After the beans have cooked for about 1 1/2 hours, begin to add,
• 6. Ham cubes & chopped vegetables, spices and bay leaves. Stir, and add more liquid or water to cover if needed. Make sure they didn't cube the ham through the netting as they did with mine, I had to remove the netting from each piece, the netting is inedible.
• 7. Cover with tight fitting lid, lower heat to a simmer & continue to cook for an additional 2 hours or until beans are soft & tender & broth becomes thick and rich. REMEMBER TO STIR PERIODICALLY DURING THE ENTIRE COOKING PROCESS TO PREVENT BEANS FROM STICKING.
• 8. SERVE WITH YOUR FAVORITE BREAD AND ENJOY.

BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Wash the navy beans thoroughly and pick them over. Discard any damaged or malformed beans and look for small stones.
• Pour the beans into a very large pot and add 2 quarts of water. Place the pot over high heat and bring to a full boil; let boil for 3 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and let beans soak for 2 to 4 hours.
• Add the ham hocks or ham bone to the pot with the soaked beans and their cooking water and bring to a simmer.
• Continue to cook over low heat until the beans are tender, or about 90 minutes.
• Remove the bones and chop the ham, discarding the bones and fat. Reserve the ham on the side.
• Return the chopped ham to the pot. Add the onions, bay leaf, celery, and optional carrots to the pot, as well as the extra leftover chopped ham, if using.
• Add enough water or unsalted vegetable stock to make about 16 cups of liquid. Taste the broth and add salt and pepper, as needed.
• Cook the soup for about 30 minutes to one hour, or until the vegetables are tender and the liquid has thickened a little.

SLOW COOKER WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Mince the garlic, dice the onion, slice the celery, and peel and slice the carrots. Add the olive oil, garlic, onion, celery, and carrots to a large (5qt or larger) slow cooker.
• Give the beans a quick rinse in a colander and then add them to the slow cooker, along with the bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, paprika, and some freshly cracked pepper.
• Add six cups of water to the slow cooker and stir to combine the ingredients. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 8-9 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
• After 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high, stir the soup and begin to mash the beans against the side of the slow cooker to thicken the soup. Once the soup is thickened to your liking, start adding salt to taste. Begin with 1/2 tsp and add more until the soup tastes flavorful to you. I used about 2 tsp total.
• Serve the soup hot with crackers or crusty bread for dipping.

WHITE NAVY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM HOCKS

Steps:

• Pick through beans to make sure there are no stones. Nothing sucks like breaking your teeth on a stone when it should be a bean!
• Place the beans in the crock pot; cover with water.
• Set on high cooking and cook for an hour.
• Now, some of you will argue that we should or should not season the beans because of the skins. Well, it is a moot point here as we are adding something salty to it anyway. Moving right along.
• Ham hocks go inches If you cannot find ham hocks, don't worry. The recipe will be fine. Just throw in a ham bone. No ham bone? You're killing me here! You could just use a couple slices of ham.
• Add your bay leaf to the crock pot. Don't worry - it will float. No panic. Really!
• Hack up the onion, a small dice is fine, toss it into te crock pot.
• Mince the garlic, again - you guesed it - into the crockpot. Are you with me so far?.
• Hack the potatoes into a medium dice, toss them into the crock pot. You will be needing them to give your soup some body - that stick-to-your-ribs quality. Besides, they are in season.
• Set all of that onto 10 hour on low cooking.
• Just before serving, remove the meat and bay leaf from the soup. Once the meat is cold enough to handle, shred it up!
• Puree up half of the soup with a hand blender. Do it right in the crockpot! Why waste or clean another vessel. If you have dishwashers, then don't worry about it. If you don't - you get the idea.
• Put the meat back into the soup.
• Now is the time to adjust for seasoning. We start off with the lemon juice, then we adjust the salt and pepper in stages.
• Taste a spoon full, think about the saltiness or the pepperiness. *I am sure that should be a word!*.
• Once the soup is where you would like it to be, ladle it up and serve it with that local artisan bread.
• Props to you! You just cooked something easy for Winter.

WHITE NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash beans and cover with water two inches over top; soak overnight.
• Add ham, onion, garlic and celery; bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer until beans are tender, about 1 hour, [ Additional water maybe added if mixture is too thick.]
• Puree mixture in food processor or blended; return to pot and season to taste with salt, peppers.
• Add green onion tops and serve in soup bowls.