Nancy’s Bean & Bacon Soup (quick Soak Method)

Total Time: 7 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb bacon
• 1 lb dried navy beans
• 1 cup diced carrot
• 2 diced fresh garlic cloves
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut up or chop uncooked bacon into a crock pot set on high and then cover. i use kitchen scissors to cut the bacon in pieces. stir occasionally while you're soaking beans.
• 2 rinse your beans well, picking through & discarding any bad ones, then put them in a large pot.
• 3 cover beans with water up to about 2 inches above beans. heat to a rolling boil, turn heat off, cover pot & let beans sit for one hour.
• 4 rinse soaked beans, then pour into crock pot with fresh water up to about 2 inches above beans.
• 5 add diced garlic, salt & pepper & diced carrots.
• 6 cook on low heat until beans are nice and soft (about 6 -8 hours depending on your crock pot).
• 7 adjust salt & pepper if needed.
• 8 remove approximately 1cup of the cooked beans from crock pot & mash them with a potato masher or run through a blender until smooth.
• 9 add mashed beans back into crock pot, stir in & serve.
• 10 serve with a green salad & plenty of fresh bread & butter. i pop some bread in the bread machine while the beans are "crocking". mmmmmmm good! this freezes well for those times when you're too busy to cook.