![]() I didn’t have any issues with this soup being watery but do take note of the step that calls for slightly mashing the beans before serving. Add ham and vegetables to simmered beans and cook 20 minutes more to soften, then serve! How to thicken navy bean soup if it’s too watery The glaze flavors will most certainly transfer in to the final product and your maple and brown sugar glazed beauty from December will be making a subtle–and not very appropriate–reappearance. If you have a pre-glazed spiral sliced ham or a leftover holiday ham bone that had glaze on it, don’t use that unless you want sweet soup. Warning: Don’t use a ham bone from this ham! Use an unsalted stock and add salt after simmering the beans so this doesn’t happen.ĭo NOT use bouillon cubes of any flavor or type here. If you’re going to simmer the soup for a few hours, the stock is going to concentrate and the salt levels could get really out of control. Do your own thing with that and be cautious of the salt levels. Less frequently you might even have some kind of ham stock you’d like to use. My first pick for consistency (and it’s how I tested the recipe) is with water.īut there are some people who like to start their navy bean soup in chicken broth or stock. Should I use broth, stock or water in my beans? Add a meaty ham hock to your navy beans before simmering. You can buy a hock online here or alternatively you can use a few slices of country ham or some good quality thick cut bacon. Because they are cured, you’ll find them in a display near the meat but not refrigerated. I buy a hock from a salty country ham back by my meat department. Ham hocks are as common in the south as men named Bubba. Build flavor in your beans with ham hock (and what to do if you can’t get one) Pinto beans often take 4 to 5 hours of slow simmering. ![]() I often find my pinto beans take much longer to get soft than navy beans do, so you may need to plan for a longer cook time. Their flavor will be a bit different and of course they are darker so you’re soup won’t be a “white bean soup” version, but it would be fine. If you only have pinto beans they would work. Great Northern or Canellini beans are your best options. What beans will substitute for navy? Can I use pinto beans in this recipe? Drain the water before adding your beans to the pot to cook and cover with new, fresh water. Add hot water to cover the beans by 3 to 4 inches and allow the beans to soak at room temperature 4 to 5 hours. To soak your beans, add the dry beans to a bowl then rinse them a couple of times and sort through them to make sure there are no small rocks or dirt. Soaked beans will need about an hour and a half of simmering time for the recipe but unsoaked may take two to two and half hours. I always soak mine if I can to cut down on the cook time. You can cook your beans without soaking them but be prepared to cook them longer. Great Northern beans tend to cook faster than navy beans. However a Great Northern bean is larger–more like a lima bean and has a thin skin. ![]() Here in my stores I often see Great Northern and navy bean labels both on the same package. Are Great Northern beans and navy beans the same thing? While the recipe has changed a bit (the original had mashed potatoes in it), the slow cooked flavors are still tremendously popular among legislators. Invented somewhere around 1900-1903, equal credit is given to senators from Idaho and Minnesota who expressed their love for this navy bean based soup. It’s still on the menu in Senate restaurants today. Unsubscribe anytime Do Senators actually eat this soup? ![]()
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