U.S. Senate Navy Bean Soup

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This classic homegrown bean soup has supposedly been on the menu in the Senate restaurant since 1901. Could we bring this old standby into the 21st century?

SERVES 4 to 6

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We found that presoaking the beans for our U.S. Senate navy bean soup recipe produced split or exploded beans. Instead, slowly simmering the beans for about two hours yielded soft, barely resilient beans. We also did away with another long-...

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