ham-and-beans-and-more.json

{
    "directions": [
        "Place the beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse before using.",
        "Combine the soaked beans, 4 cups of water, celery, onion, bay leaves, cumin, garlic powder, and parsley into a slow cooker.",
        "Melt the butter with the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the leeks in the butter mixture until tender and the smaller pieces start to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the leeks to the slow cooker. In the same pan, cook and stir the ham until the edges start to brown; stir into the soup. Place the bacon into the hot skillet, and pan-fry until the bacon is crisp, about 10 minutes. Cut the bacon into bite-size pieces and stir into the soup. Pour the chicken stock into the hot skillet, and stir to dissolve any brown flavor bits from the skillet; pour the chicken stock into the soup. Season with sea salt and pepper.",
        "Set the cooker to Low cook the soup until the beans are very tender, 6 to 8 hours. Roughly mash about half the beans with a potato masher to thicken the soup."
    ],
    "ingredients": [
        "1 pound dried Great Northern beans, sorted and rinsed",
        "4 cups water",
        "1/4 cup celery, chopped",
        "1 small onion, chopped",
        "2 bay leaves",
        "1/4 teaspoon ground cumin",
        "1/2 teaspoon garlic powder",
        "1 teaspoon dried parsley",
        "1 tablespoon butter",
        "1 tablespoon olive oil",
        "2 leeks (bulb only), cut in half lengthwise",
        "1 pound cooked ham, cut into bite-size pieces",
        "5 slices bacon",
        "4 cups chicken stock",
        "1 pinch sea salt to taste",
        "1 pinch fresh ground black pepper to taste"
    ],
    "language": "en-US",
    "source": "allrecipes.com",
    "tags": [],
    "title": "Ham and Beans and More",
    "url": "http://allrecipes.com/recipe/214048/ham-and-beans-and-more/"
}