Bean And Bacon Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 -6 slices bacon
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 cup shredded carrot
• 4 celery ribs, diced
• 3 (16 ounce) cans great northern beans, rinsed and drained
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 2 teaspoons parsley
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, fry bacon until crisp.
• 2 remove bacon.
• 3 pour off most bacon dripping but reserve about 1 tbsp of the bacon drippings in the pot.
• 4 saute and cook garlic, onion, carrots and celery in hot bacon drippings.
• 5 add beans, chicken broth, parsley, pepper and cumin to vegetables.
• 6 heat until simmering.
• 7 crumble bacon and add to soup.
• 8 reduce heat and gently simmer, stirring often for about 15 minutes.
• 9 serve.