Crock Pot White Bean Soup With Bacon

Submitted by mary winecoff

"Use navy or great northern beans in this comfy soup. Perfect for those chilly fall evenings. From the book "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker"."

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 cups dried navy beans, picked over, soaked in water to cover overnight and drained
• 2 -3 slices bacon, cooked until the fat is rendered but not crispy
• 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
• 1 celery rib, minced
• 1 small carrot, minced
• 1 bouquet garni (1/2 tsp. dried oregano, 3 sprigs parsley, 1/2 fresh sage leaf and 1 bay leaf wrapped in cheesecloth)
• 6 cups chicken broth or 6 cups water
• salt and pepper
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream (optional)

directions

1. Combine the beans, bacon, onion, celery, carrot, bouquet garni and broth in slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 9 hours.
3. Remove the bouquet garni.
4. Discard.
5. Puree about one-third of the soup in a food processor.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Add cream if using, cover and continue to cook on LOW 15 minutes longer.

Reviews

[dcontento]

Made this soup and it was real good. The only thing I changed was I added more bacon.

 

[ikele76]

This is a good soup I used a ham bone an chicken broth it was great

 

[PaulaG]

This made a nice, quick dinner served with Recipe #275055 and green onions. I used about 4 cups of chicken broth and omitted the heavy cream. I did top off each serving with some pepper sauce for a little kick.

 

[CulinaryQueen]

Newest Zaar Tag 2007 ~ This is definitely comfort food! I cut it down to only 1 cup beans and 3 cups broth but left the remaining amounts the same. There are only two of us and we practically devoured the whole lot of it! I would say definitely use the cream as it really adds to the flavor and gives it that great creamy base. A keeper in my book! Thanks mary!