Betty's Southern Living White Bean Soup Recipe

In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her White Bean Soup, a recipe that she submitted to Southern Living Magazine in 1990 and got published. It is a hearty, filling bean soup, but quick and extremely easy!

Ingredients:

1 can navy beans (approximately 16 oz.)
1 can northern white beans (approximately 16 oz.)
1 cup water
1/2 stick butter or margarine
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 carrot, chopped
1 5 oz. can tender chunk ham, flaked with a fork (I used Hormel.)

Place the can of navy beans and the can of great northern beans in a medium to large pot. Add 1 cup of water and blend well. Now, take a potato masher (or fork or spoon) and mash the bean and water mixture until it is mushy. Place it over low heat on the stove top. Next melt 1/2 stick of butter in a small to medium skillet. Add 1/4 cup chopped onion and 1 chopped carrot to the melted margarine. Place the skillet on the stove top and saute until the onion is clear. Combine the sauteed onion and carrot with the bean mixture. Add a 5 oz. can of tender chunk ham. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Serve with Betty's Very Southern Cornbread Sticks or Cornbread. This is great on a cold day--very warm and filling!

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[tonybean37]

How much money did they send you for that recipe? :))

[bettyskitchen]

@tonybean37 I believe it was $12.00...not that much, but worth writing up the recipe and sending it in. The annual recipes book they sent me was worth more, so that was the major gift, along with index-sized cards with my recipe on them.

--Betty :)

[brithopper]

love the cool american accent :-)

[bettyskitchen]

@brithopper Thanks!

--Betty  :)

[lynnybradford]

Hi Betty! Congrats!

I am trolling the web for a great way to cook up white beans.

Is this soup something you serve as a side or main course?

[bettyskitchen]

@lynnybradford It could be either. Just double the recipe if it's the main course, and serve it with crackers, cornbread, French bread, or something like that.

--Betty :)

[jammingwithmarley]

Woa looks so good

[bettyskitchen]

@lulugemini That sounds like a great KY combination! Thanks for your lovely comment!

--Betty :)

[IwontConform]

great recipe,easy to make and lends itself to variation.sometimes we add one stalk chopped celery,soup stock or additional water and 1/2 cup quick pearled barley to the recipe.

[zasvedogovore]

It works well...I did it in many variations of water quantity, followed by roasti in portions of clay pottery. thanks a lot, I used to add flour to reach desired thickness

[jabonbonsoapsnwax]

Betty, thank so much for sharing this recipe. You make it look so easy. I can't wait to try it!

[DAVIDDAMIENR]

Thank You for Sharing,

David