Senate Navy Bean Soup (Culinary SOS)

 

Ingredients:

2 cups of dry navy beans

12 cups water

1 meaty ham bone or 2-3 ham hocks

1/2 cup cooked mashed potatoes

3 onions, minced

4-5 stalks of celery, minced

1 clove of garlic, minced

1/4 cup minced parsely

Hot water

Salt

Freshly group pepper

Lemon sllices for garnish

Directions:

Soak beans overnight in water. Add ham bone and simmer until beans start to become tender, about 1 hour. Mix in mashed potatoes until smooth. Add onions, celery, garlic and parsley and simmer until beans are soft, about an hour.

Remove ham bone, then dice meat and return meat to soup. Thin with hot water if necessary (soup should be thick). Season to taste with salt and pepper and garnish with lemon slices.