Name: White Bean Soup with Bacon and Herbs Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1¼ lbs bacon; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 Spanish onion; 1 large carrot; 2 celery ribs; 4 clove garlic; 1 fresh bay leaf; 2 tsp thyme; 2 tsp rosemary; 1 lb great northern beans; 10 cups chicken stock; salt and freshly ground pepper

How To Make White Bean Soup with Bacon and Herbs

Lend some Spanish influence to your meals with this white bean soup recipe. It has a light and flavorful broth with crunchy portions of bacon.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 45 minutes

Total: 2 hours

Serves:

Ingredients

1¼lbbacon,thick sliced
2tbspextra virgin olive oil
1Spanish onion
1large carrot
2celery ribs
4clovesgarlic
1fresh bay leaf
2tspthyme,chopped
2tsprosemary,chopped
1lbGreat Northern beans
10cupschicken stock
salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions

In a large soup pot, cook the bacon over moderate heat for about 7 minutes, stirring, until browned and crisp. Drain, reserving the fat and bacon separately.
Heat the olive oil in the soup pot. Add the onion, carrot, and celery and cook over moderate heat for about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened.
Stir in the garlic, bay leaf, and 1 teaspoon each of the chopped thyme and rosemary and cook until fragrant. Add the drained beans, stock, and 3 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat and bring to a boil.
Simmer the soup over moderately low heat for an hour and a half until the beans are tender.
Discard the bay leaf and stir in the remaining thyme and rosemary. Season the soup with salt and pepper and transfer to shallow bowls.
Garnish the soup with the bacon and serve.