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TwitterIn this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her White Bean Soup, a recipe that she submitted to Southern Living Magazine in 1990 and got published. It is a hearty, filling bean soup, but quick and extremely easy! Ingredients: 1 can navy beans (approximately 16 oz.) 1 can northern white beans (approximately 16 oz.) 1 cup water 1/2 stick butter or margarine 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 carrot, chopped 1 5 oz. can tender chunk ham, flaked with a fork (I used Hormel.) Place the can of navy beans and the can of great northern beans in a medium to large pot. Add 1 cup of water and blend well. Now, take a potato masher (or fork or spoon) and mash the bean and water mixture until it is mushy. Place it over low heat on the stove top. Next melt 1/2 stick of butter in a small to medium skillet. Add 1/4 cup chopped onion and 1 chopped carrot to the melted margarine. Place the skillet on the stove top and saute until the onion is clear. Combine the sauteed onion and carrot with the bean mixture. Add a 5 oz. can of tender chunk ham. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Serve with Betty’s Very Southern Cornbread Sticks or Cornbread. This is great on a cold day–very warm and filling!
Betty’s Southern Living White Bean Soup Recipe
May 14th, 2010 
Jennifer Byron 
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Betty,you must be so proud that you’re in that S L book!!!!!I must try your recipe soon as my Dad used to make a mean pot of big white navy bean soup.I grew up in NC and in the school cafeterias,they often had white navy bean soup some Fridays for lunch during the winter.
What a coincidence! I hope you will find a lot a recipes you enjoy in the cookbook! Thanks for taking time to let me know!
–Betty
It should be 1/4 cup (although it would not be a problem if it were increased to 1/2 cup). Thanks for alerting me to the discrepancy!
–Betty
Hi Betty, Your sidebar version lists 1/2 cup chopped onion at top, but video and sidebar at bottom state 1/4 cup chopped onion at bottom. ?
This recipe looks really yummy. An interesting side story – I recently watched this video for the first time, and just yesterday I happened to be in a local Goodwill shop and stopped to look at the pile of cookbooks for sale. I was pleasantly surprised to find a copy of the Southern Living annual your recipe was published in. It is a lovely cookbook and I am sure i will find many other great recipes in it. I just thought it was amazing to find that exact same cookbook just sitting there!
You may use dried beans–just make sure to cook them all the way done before starting the recipe. The canned beans were just to make it quick and easy for those who would not take the time to cook the beans first. Yours will be great! Thanks again for you support of my channel. You’re great!
–Betty
betty can i use dry beans in this recipe or should they be canned beans?
thanks
chris
Thanks, Katie! I’m glad someone watches that understands KY food!
–Betty
Love your videos! Watch you from my home Meade Co Ky
I’ve thought of that…Right now it’s just a fun hobby, and these videos are a way of organizing my favorite recipes and sharing them with people who are interested! Thanks for your support!
–Betty