Comments on: My Favorite Navy Bean Soup

By: simoneandherkitchen

simoneandherkitchen — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:25:07 +0000

I followed directions exactly as is and this turned out WONDERFUL! My husband really enjoyed as well and it will be my go to recipe with our ham leftovers. Thank you!

By: rhondalp

rhondalp — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:31:24 +0000

This soup was delicious and easy to make substitutions. I didn’t have any navy beans so I used pintos; my daughter doesn’t like the texture of celery, so I just added extra onion and carrots in its place. I even cooked it on low in my crockpot – thanks!

By: heidimay18

heidimay18 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:35:36 +0000

This is the first time I have made soup with the ham bone and now I’m wondering what I was thinking not doing it before. This is so yummy! My husband loved the tabasco sauce in it, said it was a very unexpected surprise. Thanks for the great recipe!

By: randrok

randrok — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:32:03 +0000

Very good. I have never put so many veggies in my navy bean soup but I really liked it and made it a well rounded meal. I also tried it with jalapeno cheedar beer bread (from off this site) and they paired very well together.

By: redsugar

redsugar — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:37:45 +0000

This soup is amazing! I added a can of stewed tomatoes though, and it was fantastic!

By: BaileysMom

BaileysMom — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:28:12 +0000

I tried this soup and it tastes great, was super easy to make and has been wonderful to have during our cold weather spell!

By: pterra2008

pterra2008 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:20:52 +0000

Christine, your soup is great. Navy bean is my dad’s favorite and he’s been sick so I wanted to make him some and deliver it. I replaced about 1/3 of the water with low sodium chicken stock, added a bay leaf and a sprig of thyme with the ham hock. I let that go for about 90 min then removed the bone and removed the bay leaf and the thyme sprig. Added all the veggies and just a bit of ham from the hock (too fatty for my taste) and added some leaner ham I had bought. I let this go for another 60 min. I loved the use of the tobasco and I added lots of fresh cracked black pepper. The flavor was incredible – thanks for sharing your recipe.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:51:29 +0000

Thanks for linking the Beer Bread Recipe Frank. yours was the one I use

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:50 +0000

Christine here is the recipe for beer bread you mentioned.
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/recipes/breads/beer-bread/

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:55:46 +0000

Christine thanks for the recipe.

Here is an interesting tid-bit on Navy Bean Soup:

Whatever uncertainties may exist in the Senate of the United States, one thing is sure: Bean Soup is on the menu of the Senate Restaurant every day.

One story has it that Senator Fred Thomas Dubois of Idaho, who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant, gaveled through a resolution requiring that the bean soup be on the menu every day.

Another account attributes the bean soup mandate to Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota, who expressed his fondness for it in 1903.

As served in all eleven dining rooms of the United States Capital, Washington, D.C.
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/recipes/soups/united-states-senate-bean-soup/