Senate Navy Bean Soup

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2014

A mainstay in the U.S. Senate dining room for more than a century, this simple bean soup was in dire need of reform.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 2 hours, plus 8 hours soaking

Senate Navy Bean Soup

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The origins of this mainstay of the U.S. Senate cafeteria may be up for debate, but its list of ingredients is simple and clear: navy beans, ham hocks, onions, celery, and (sometimes) potatoes. Since many of the versions we tried yielded bl...

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