Beanie Greenie Bacon Soup

 Ingredients 

  • 1lb bag of dry navy beans
  • 1/2lb bacon
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 1 large onion
  • 16oz bag of fresh turnip greens
  • 2TBS Knorr Caldo de Pollo chicken bullion powder
  • 2tsp smoked paprika
  • 1TBS granulated garlic
  • 1TBS granulated onion
  • 1tsp white pepper
  • 1/4 C cider vinegar 
Instructions
  • Put beans into a Dutch oven
  • Fill the pan with water until it is covering the beans by two inches
  • Bring to a boil
  • Reduce heat to maintain a gentle boil
  • Cook for about an hour until beans are plump and beginning to soften slightly 
  • While the beans are cooking, chop bacon into small pieces 
  • Cook bacon in a frying pan until crisp
  • Remove bacon pieces to a bowl lined with paper towel 
  • Reserve 2TBS of the bacon fat
  • Chop onion, carrots and celery into small pieces and set aside
  • Drain the beans
  • Return Dutch oven to the stove
  • Set burner on medium
  • Add bacon fat to pot
  • Add onion, celery and carrots to the pot 
  • Cook the veg until the onions are translucent and the veg is beginning to soften 
  • Add beans back to the pot
  • Add water to cover the beans by two inches
  • Add bullion powder, stir to combine 
  • Bring to a boil and simmer for about two hours, until beans are tender and starting to break down
  • Add white pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika
  • Add turnip greens
  • Continue to cook and stir until turnip greens are soft, about 15 minutes 
  • Stir in cider vinegar 
  • Serve with bacon pieces as garnish

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