Great Northern Bean Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 lb. pkg. dried Great Northern Beans

  rinsed
• 8 to 12 cups water

  (see note below)
• 1 1/2 lb. ham bone
• 2 cups diced ham
• 1 lb. petite red potatoes

  quartered
• 2 large carrots

  peeled and sliced
• 2 ribs celery

  diced
• 1 medium onion

  chopped
• 1 leek

  green top removed, thoroughly washed and diced (optional, but better if added)
• 3/4 tsp. dried thyme

  plus more for garnish, if desired
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
• 2 drops hot pepper sauce

  to taste

Instructions

• 1 Rinse beans.
• 2 Pick through beans and discard any stones or bad beans.
• 3 Combine beans with 8 cups water in a large stock pot or Dutch oven.
• 4 Bring to a boil.
• 5 Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
• 6 Remove Dutch oven from heat.
• 7 Cover with lid and allow beans to stand for one hour.
• 8 Bring beans to a boil again; add ham bone.
• 9 Reduce heat to low and simmer for one hour.
• 10 Remove ham bone.
• 11 Cool and remove meat from ham bone.
• 12 Cut ham chunks into small dice.
• 13 Add meat to ham broth in Dutch oven.
• 14 Add diced ham and remaining ingredients.
• 15 Cover with lid.
• 16 Simmer soup until vegetables are tender, approximately 30 minutes.
• 17 Serve with cornbread.

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