White Bean Soup with Bacon Print

Serves 2-4
Instructions
- Sort beans and soak overnight in bowl using 3 times as much water as beans. The next morning rinse beans thoroughly with cold water using a sieve.
- In soup pot, sauté onion in olive oil and butter for 3 minutes. Add carrots and celery and cook 2 more minutes. Add drained beans, chicken broth and enough fresh water to cover beans by 1½ inches. Bring to boil and reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes to one hour, or until beans are tender. Add salt and pepper and garnish soup with bacon when served.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried small white beans
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- ½ quart chicken broth
- salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ lb. bacon, cooked and chopped