Homemade Bean and Bacon Soup

Homemade Bean and Bacon Soup

Ingredients

• 8 oz. Jones Dairy Farm Cherry Hardwood Smoked Bacon, diced
• 1 cup diced yellow onions
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup diced celery
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 3 cans (15 oz each) Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
• salt and pepper
• 1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce

Instructions

• Cook the bacon during a soup pot or Dutch kitchen appliance till crisp. take away with a slotted spoon to a towel lined plate. Discard concerning|almost|most|nearly|near|nigh|virtually|well-nigh} about two tablespoons of the bacon grease.

• To the new bacon grease, add the onions, carrots and celery. Cook over medium heat till they begin to melt, regarding five minutes. Add the garlic and cook a further minute. Stir within the chicken stock and beans. Season to style with salt and pepper. waken a bubble then scale back the warmth to low and let the soup simmer for one hour.

• take away 1/2 the soup to a liquidizer or kitchen appliance. method till swish. come the puree to the soup pot and stir into the remaining soup. Add the spaghetti sauce and 3/4 of the reserved bacon and stir to mix. style and season to style with salt and pepper. Let the soup simmer till it's heated through, regarding five minutes. Serve topped with the remaining bacon.