Hearty White Bean Soup

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2014

Main Courses
Beans
Soups
    

Granted, cooking dried beans takes time, so you need to plan ahead. But creamy, flavorful beans are well worth the (mostly hands-off) wait. Our techniques yield perfect soup, and much more.

SERVES8

TIME1¾ hours, plus 8 hours brining

Hearty White Bean Soup

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Here in the test kitchen we know that flavorful, tender beans start with a soak in salty water. For this stew, we brine dried cannellini beans overnight. Bacon provides a smoky flavor base for this mostly vegetable dish, and we use the rend...

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