dave's bean and bacon soup

                     
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                        dave's bean and bacon soup
Recipe By     :chef dave
Serving Size  : 6     Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : soup
  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1              pound  navy beans
     3/4         pound  bacon -- double smoked if you can get it
  5 1/4   fluid ounces  tomato paste
  1              large  onion -- diced
  1             gallon  beef stock -- homemmade if you have it
     1/2           cup  potato flakes -- for thickening
                        salt and pepper -- to taste
soak neans over night
drain and then boil beans for an hour
while the beans are cooking dice the bacon into cubes about 1/2 inch, fry the bacon, when the bacon is almost cooked add the diced onion and cook until translucent
trnsfer the bacon and onion with the beans to a stock pot add stock and simmer for about three hours add stock as needed
add tomato paste then stir in potato flack until it reaches a consistancy you are happy with
serve with fresh bread
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 683 Calories; 30g Fat (40.8% calories from fat); 38g Protein; 59g Carbohydrate; 20g Dietary Fiber; 48mg Cholesterol; 6810mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 3 Grain(Starch); 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 4 Fat.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0