Beans with bacon

[Julie Bove]

I made what would have been bean with bacon soup but after the beans were
cooked, I added far less liquid than I would for soup. I used about 8 oz of
navy beans. The sauce was about 16 oz chicken bone broth, a small can of
tomato sauce (I normally use chopped tomatoes for soup), dried onion, dried
celery, dried parsley, plenty of black pepper, a touch of salt and a bay
leaf. Used probably 12 strips of bacon cooked crisply. Removed the beans
when all was cooked through then reduced the remaining sauce and mixed it
in.

The end result was very tasty! I just warmed my portion up slightly to eat.
It's pretty hot today. Tomorrow will be worse. There was also brown rice on
the side and my gardener had a really nice steak.

[U.S. Janet B.]

Sounds good. my husband loves beans like this as a main course or a
side dish.

[A Moose in Love]

bacon's good. my navy been soup is based on a smoked ham hock. i've even used a smoked turkey drumstick before. the ham hock after it's cooked i'll eat the meat. the turkey not so much.