Navy Beans And Bacon Chowder Recipes

BEAN WITH BACON

Steps:

• Boil the beans in 9 cups of the water and then let sit for one hour. Drain and set aside.
• Cook the bacon to your desired texture (it can be soft or crisp, whatever you prefer) and drain except for 1/4 cup grease. Coarsely chop the bacon.
• Add the onions and celery to the reserved grease and bacon and saute until soft, do not drain. Add the chicken base or cubes, 4 cups water, beans, bay leaf, salt, pepper, and cloves, and simmer for 2 hours.
• Stir in the tomatoes with their juice. Serve.

MY NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Clean and sort the beans. Place them in a large bowl with water to cover and soak for 3 hours.
• In a large pot over medium heat, combine the beans and the chicken stock and allow to simmer.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter or margarine in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the carrots and onion and saute for 10 minutes, or until onion is caramelized. Add this mixture to the pot.
• In the same skillet over medium high heat, saute the bacon for 10 to 15 minutes, or until it is crisp. Drain the grease and add the bacon to the pot. Continue to simmer the soup over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the beans are tender and the soup has thickened.

NAVY BEAN SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Place navy beans into a large pot and cover with cold water by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans.
• Use a small piece of kitchen twine to tie parsley and thyme sprigs and bay leaf into a small bundle. Place soaked beans, herb bundle, ham hocks, carrot, onion, and garlic into a large soup pot or Dutch oven. Pour 8 cups cold water over ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until beans and ham hocks are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Turn off heat; remove ham hocks and let cool. When they are cool enough to handle, remove meat from the bones, discarding the bones, fat, and skin. Chop ham into small cubes. Remove and discard herb bundle.
• Transfer about 3 cups cooked beans along with some cooking liquid into a blender; puree beans. Pour pureed beans back into soup, add cooked ham, and bring back to a simmer over medium heat. Season with kosher salt and black pepper to taste.

NAVY BEANS AND BACON CHOWDER

Steps:

• Soak beans in 2 cups of cold water for 8 hours or overnight.
• After beans have soaked, drain, and place in slow cooker.
• Add all remaining ingredients, except milk, to slow cooker.
• Cover. Cook on low 7-9 hours or until beans are crisp-tender.
• Place 2 cups cooked bean mixture into blender. Process until smooth. Return to slow cooker.
• Add milk. Cover and heat on high 10 minutes.
• Enjoy!

SCALLOP AND BACON CHOWDER

Steps:

• in a heavy pot cook bacon until crisp, remove to paper towels.
• add leeks, garlic and thyme to pot, saute.
• add corn, add potatoes, clam juice, and cream, bring to a boil, lower to simmer for 10-15 minutes until potatoes are tender add scallops and bacon, simmer 5 minutes.
• season with salt and pepper.

BEEF AND BACON CHOWDER

Steps:

• Start cooking the bacon (skillet).
• Brown the ground beef in another skillet with the seasonings.
• Use a spatula to break the meat into small pieces as it browns.
• After the beef is fully cooked, drain the meat leaving it in the skillet.
• Add one full can of French Onion, then drain part of the broth from the second can emptying the remaining broth and the onions into the skillet with the beef.
• Simmer on med-low until ready to combine it.
• Once the bacon is fully cooked (not over cooked though), set it aside to drain and cool enough to handle.
• In a kettle, combine the 3 cans of Cream of Potato and the 4 cups hot milk over med to med-high heat.
• Pour the contents of the beef skillet into the kettle.
• Cut the bacon into small bite-sized pieces and add them to the kettle as well.
• Enjoy!

NAVY BEAN AND BACON CHOWDER

Steps:

• Combine stock, bean, vegetables and herbs in crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low, until beans are tender, 6-8 hours.
• Turn heat to high and cook 10 minutes; stir in combined milk and cornstarch, stirring 2-3 minutes.
• If desired, process half of the soup in a food processor or blender and then return to the pot.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve topped with bacon.

NAVY BEAN AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Pick over the beans and soak them in water for at least eight hours.
• Slice the bacon into half-inch strips and fry them until they're brown and crispy. Drain the bacon thoroughly and pour away all but about two tablespoons of the fat. (You can save the fat for other uses, as it has a nice smoky flavor.).
• Chop the onion and saute it in the reserved bacon fat until it's soft and translucent.
• Peel the garlic and slice the cloves into halves or thirds vertically. Add to the frying onions. Be extremely careful not to burn the garlic, as that will make it bitter and nasty.
• Put the soaked beans, fried bacon, sauteed onion and garlic, peppercorns, and bay leaves into the pressure cooker. Add water to cover by about an inch, Stir and process for 11 minutes under pressure. Allow to cool naturally (don't vent). Or, cook at a low simmer until the beans are soft all the way through.
• Remove the bay leaves and wizz with a stick blender to make a puree. Add the salt carefully, stirring thoroughly after each addition, until it tastes good to you. The amount, 2 tsp, is just an approximation, because the saltiness of the bacon varies.

SLOW COOKER NORTHERN WHITE BEAN BACON CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place beans in a large bowl with the water, cover, and soak overnight.
• In a large skillet over medium to medium high heat, fry the bacon until crispy. Drain the bacon fat and crumble the bacon; set aside.
• In a slow cooker, combine the carrot, celery, onion, potato, Italian- style seasoning, ground black pepper, reserved beans and crumbled bacon. Pour the broth over all.
• Cover and cook on low setting for 7 1/2 to 9 hours, or until beans are crisp to tender.
• Transfer 2 cups at a time to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Return all to slow cooker, add the milk, cover and heat on high for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until heated through.