Bestest Navy Bean Soup in da world.

[aerospcgrl]

Go buy a 1lb. of dried navy beans. They are the smaller white bean, cannellini are the larger. Either or any other will work too... Go. Go now. I'll wait. Okay ready? Here we go

Comments

[sarahmichigan]

Any particular reason you prefer dried over canned beans? I find the whole process of soaking and softening up the dried beans to be a PITA. I had crunchy chili once, even after soaking the beans overnight and cooking the hell out of them.

[aerospcgrl]

Canned beans don't taste as good, lose most of the fiber, and turn into gelatinous mush.... AND they don't keep as well... As for the crunchy beans, there are a couple of brands you just need to steer clear of... Like Goya. And soaking is much easier, you don't have to sit and watch the beans, they do their thing all on their own. Canned beans should only be used in salads... JMO.

[airsucker]

You can't cook beans in acid stuff. If you're using dried beans and you want to add anything acidic (tomatoes, lemon juice, etc...) then you either need to cook the beans before hand, or wait until the beans are cooked before adding the acidic component.

beans & acidic foods

[sarahmichigan]

You know, I totally knew that, but forgot when I was making chili. D'oh!

[aerospcgrl]

BTW, that Jenny-o turkey breast is big enough for multiple pots of soup, you can double or triple this recipe if you have a big enough pot... I know you could fit a double recipe in my 8qt stock pot... maybe even triple... you will have bean soup for months! You can freeze it too.

Or alternatively you can open the package of turkey breast use enough for one recipe and try immediately freezing the remainder of the breast... which would save it for one more use... once you thaw it, you must use it. DO NOT refreeze. :)

Good luck, dearie, dear... :)

[technolope]

Or just use more inexpensive ground turkey. That's what capital_l does with a similar recipe.

[aerospcgrl]

Mmmm... bean soup. :)

[airsucker]

*looks toward freezer with home-made chicken stock and frozen chicken breasts*

[aerospcgrl]

There ya go... this makes for yumbly in the tumbly.