Ingredients
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8 ounces great northern beans
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water, to cover beans
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5 cups water
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2 cups canned tomatoes, cut up or 16 ounces canned tomatoes
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1 cup ham, meaty bone or 1 cup smoked pork hock
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1 large onion, chopped
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1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
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1/2 cup celery, chopped
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2 garlic cloves, minced
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1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
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1/4 teaspoon bottled hot pepper sauce
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1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Put rinsed beans, in a 4 quart dutch oven and cover beans with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer beans, uncovered for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 - 2 hours. Drain beans and re-rinse.
- Place the beans, water, undrained tomatoes, ham bone, onion, green peppers, celery, garlic and pepper back into same dutch oven. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 3 hours or until beans are tender.
- Remove ham bone, when cool, cut meat from bone and return to soup and heat through. Stir in the hot pepper sauce, taste and season with salt.