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Soup Beans
Soup beans speak instant comfort to anyone who has familial connections from Appalachia. Learn how to make this easy one-pot recipe.
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- Prep time
- 39 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 31 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 pound pinto, yellow-eyed or other dried beans, sorted and rinsed (2 1/2 cups)
- 12 cups water
- 8 ounces finely diced ham, (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 1 medium onion, peeled
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 0.25 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Instructions
- 1
Place beans, water, ham, onion, garlic, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the beans are very tender and beginning to burst, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. If necessary, add an additional 1/2 to 1 cup water while simmering to keep the beans just submerged in cooking liquid.
- 2
Remove from the heat; discard the onion and garlic. Transfer 2 cups of the beans to a medium bowl and coarsely mash with a fork or potato masher. Return the mashed beans to the pot; stir to combine.