Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Homemade Navy Bean & Bacon Soup

Hey everyone, it's me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Navy Bean & Bacon Soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have Navy Bean & Bacon Soup using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Straight forward and simple, but full of flavor. So comforting on a cold Winter's day. It's like 11°F here so this was nice to warm us up.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready 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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