Directions:
- Preparation Check the beans for stones.
- Pour boiling water over beans and let stand 1 hour or soak overnight and drain.
- Finely chop the bacon ends and pieces, or fat saved from a smoked ham, and cook it on a medium fire in a big pot to render the fat.
- Be sure the crumbs of fat are nicely browned, like crisp bacon.
- Add the cut up veggies (you can change the amounts to suit yourself, and add others too, ad lib) and saute in the fat.
- Add a few cloves of mashed garlic if you like it.
- Drain the beans and rinse them.
- Add the water or stock, beans and ham hock and herbs and spices.
- Bring to the boil, simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, maybe even more depending on beans, until they are very tender.
- Cut the fat and skin from the ham hock and dice it and return to the soup.
- I often cook a couple of extra ones and have beans and hocks as a meal.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- You can skim the fat, but in the cold winter, it tastes good.
- The colder it is, the better you will like fatty soups.
- If you cook it long enough, the beans and everything will break down and puree, combining with the fat to make a creamy consistency, that is much admired by beanies.
- I like to finish the soup with sliced kielbasa.
Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 863.6 Kcal (3616 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 500.05 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 55.56g | 85% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 107.71mg | 36% | |
| Sodium | 3715.5mg | 155% | |
| Potassium | 3340.17mg | 71% | |
| Total Carbs | 41.73g | 14% | |
| Sugars | 22.28g | 89% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 11.35g | 45% | |
| Protein | 46.05g | 92% | |
| Vitamin C | 24.5mg | 41% | |
| Vitamin A | 1.9mg | 62% | |
| Iron | 47.7mg | 265% | |
| Calcium | 191.7mg | 19% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 53.88 Kcal (226 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 31.2 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 3.47g | 85% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 6.72mg | 36% | |
| Sodium | 231.8mg | 155% | |
| Potassium | 208.38mg | 71% | |
| Total Carbs | 2.6g | 14% | |
| Sugars | 1.39g | 89% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.71g | 45% | |
| Protein | 2.87g | 92% | |
| Vitamin C | 1.5mg | 41% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.1mg | 62% | |
| Iron | 3mg | 265% | |
| Calcium | 12mg | 19% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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