Classic White Bean Soup With Bacon Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

Your friends and family will love this rustic and delicious white bean and bacon soup. It's an excellent soup to have simmering on the stovetop or on the wood stove in the fall and winter months, and it's guaranteed to fill your home with tantalizing aromas. Great northern beans, onion, celery, and bacon combine to make a hearty, warming soup that's perfect for cold weather. The bacon lends extra depth of flavor to the simple stock, infusing salt and smoky notes that distinguish this soup. In this recipe, some of the beans are pured to make a thicker soup, but feel free to leave it brothy and brimming with whole beans. Serve the soup with crusty bread, garlic bread, or cornbread for dipping in the soup. For a comforting and simple fall or winter dinner, accompany the soup with a mixed greens salad. Note that you must begin soaking the beans the night before you prepare the soup.

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2hr 29minstotal
14minsPrep
2hr 15minsCook
2hr 29m.total
14m.Prep
2hr 15m.Cook
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Ingredients for Classic White Bean Soup With Bacon Recipe

  • 0.08 pound Dried Great Northern Beans
  • 1/2 ounce 3 slices thick cut bacon, about , chopped
  • 0.67 Cloves garlic, minced or pushed through a press
  • 0.33 Stalks celery, finely chopped
  • 0.17 cup 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped, about
  • 0.67 cup Chicken stock, preferably unsalted or low sodium
  • 0.17 Bay leaf
  • 0.17 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
  • As required Kosher salt, to taste
  • As required Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Nutrition
value
63
calories per serving
2 g Fat3 g Protein6 g Carbs3 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    2g
  • Protein
    3g
  • Carbs
    6g
  • Fiber
    3g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    6g
  • Protein
    3g
  • Fiber
    3g

Fats

  • Fat
    2g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    41mg
  • Iron
    2mg
  • Vitamin A
    365mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    1mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    29mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    12mg
  • Vitamin E
    < 1mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    35mg
  • Manganese
    1mg
  • Phosphorus
    57mg
  • Selenium
    5mcg
  • Zinc
    < 1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By The Spruce Eats