Old Fashioned Bean and Ham Soup

Name: Old Fashioned Bean and Ham Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 45 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 lbs dried great northern beans, rinsed, drained & picked over; 4 ham hocks, 2 fresh and 2 smoked or 4 ham bone; 2 onions, chopped; 2 cloves, garlic minced; 3 potatoes, pared and cubed; 3 carrots, diced; 1 cup celery, diced; 3 quarts water; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 teaspoon dried marjoram; 1 teaspoon pepper; 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage; 1/2 teaspoon dried savory; parsley; salt

Submitted by CIndytc

"I took a little from one recipe and a little from another recipe to come up with the kind of bean soup we like....putting it here for safe keeping...."

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Ready In:: 3hrs 45mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 12

ingredients

2 lbs dried great northern beans, rinsed, drained & picked over
4 ham hocks, 2 fresh and 2 smoked or 4 ham bone
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves, garlic minced
3 potatoes, pared and cubed
3 carrots, diced
1 cup celery, diced
3 quarts water
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 teaspoon pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon rubbed sage
¹⁄₂ teaspoon dried savory
parsley
salt

directions

Put rinsed beans in pan and cover up to 2 inches past beans in large pot -- let sit overnight.
Drain, put beans back in pot, add water and the rest of ingredients.
Bring to boil, turn to simmer and cover.
Simmer for at least 3 hours or until beans are soft.
Take out bones and dice up any meat on bones and put back into pot -- You can add more ham if you want.
Discard fat and bones.
Season to taste with pepper and salt and parsley.