🫘 BEAN WITH BACON 🥓 SOUP

#SOUP#BEAN#BACON#WINTERSOUP# RECIPE: INGREDIENTS: 8 oz thick diced bacon, 1 cup diced onion, 1 cup diced carrots, 3/4 cup diced celery, 1 clove minced garlic, 2 tbs tomato paste, 4 cups chicken broth, 3 cups water, 1 pound dried northern white beans ( or other beans) 2 bay leaves, 1 tsp fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp dried thyme, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper DIRECTIONS: Cook bacon and drain on paper towels cut in small pieces. Add vegetables and cook until onions are translucent 4-5 minutes in 2 tbs bacon grease. Add garlic and tomato paste stirring for a minute or two. Add chicken broth water, beans, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper, and bacon. Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer and cook for an hour or so. Remove half of the soup with the beans and purée it in a food processor to thicken the soup and put it back in the soup. This should cook between one hour and one hour and a half. ENJOY 😊