Beef / Pork

US Senate Bean soup is for Soup.

US Senate Bean soup takes 30 minutes to prepare.

US Senate Bean soup takes 300 minutes to cook.

US Senate Bean soup makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for US Senate Bean soup are:

1 lb dried white beans (soak in water overnight will give 5 cups beans)
1 ham hock
1 cup each diced onion, celery and carrot
1 baking potato diced
6 cups water
1 bay leaf, 1 tsp tarragon, 1 tsp black peppercorns together in a sachet

Here is how you make US Senate Bean soup:

Soak 1 lb dried white beans in water overnight ( =5 cups soaked beans) -- rinse in water. Add beans to crock pot with water, ham hock, chopped vegetables, bay leaf. Can add sachet of whole black pepper and 1 tsp tarragon. Cook over high heat in crock pot for about 5 hours. Can check beans for doneness at 4 hr, mash beans with spoon if soft. Take out ham hock and remove meat -- dice meat and put back into pot (throw away the bone).Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LUCYCAT214.

The nutritional information for US Senate Bean soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 289.6

• Total Fat: 2.8 g
• Cholesterol: 19.6 mg
• Sodium: 52.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 47.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 10.0 g
• Protein: 19.3 g