Campbell's Bean and Bacon Soup

Name: Campbell's Bean and Bacon Soup
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 15 h
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups navy beans; water; 6 slices uncooked bacon, diced; 3 small carrots, minced; 3 stalks celery, minced; 1 onion, minced; 1/2 teaspoon thyme; 2 -4 garlic cloves, minced; 1 (4 ounce) can tomato paste; 1 dash dried red pepper flakes; 6 -8 cups water (substituting 1 or 2 cups of ham stock for equal amount of water gives this soup extra depth); 1 teaspoon wine vinegar; 3 drops liquid smoke; salt and pepper

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"You might have guessed this is a copycat recipe and it rocks if you like Bean and Bacon Soup. Serve with cornbread and honey or sleeves of saltine crackers. Prep time includes bean soaking time."

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Ready In:: 15hrs
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

2 cups navy beans
water
6 slices uncooked bacon, diced
3 small carrots, minced
3 stalks celery, minced
1 onion, minced
¹⁄₂ teaspoon thyme
2 -4 garlic cloves, minced
1 (4 ounce) can tomato paste
1 dash dried red pepper flakes
6 -8 cups water (substituting 1 or 2 cups of ham stock for equal amount of water gives this soup extra depth)
1 teaspoon wine vinegar
3 drops liquid smoke
salt and pepper

directions

Soak beans overnight and discard water.
Place all ingredients EXCEPT wine vinegar, liquid smoke, salt and pepper in a large kettle.
Simmer until beans are tender, around 3 hours.
Puree 2 cups of soup and return to pot.
Add wine vinegar and liquid smoke.
Mix well.
Taste; add salt and pepper to taste.

Questions & Replies

This was a birthday dinner....bland and boring!!

Vickieandreas
Can this be done in a slow cooker?

Stacey V.

Reviews

While I didn't find this exactly like the Campbells version, it is very close, and is an excellent soup. I will definately make it again.

choco chip
wow!this is just like the campbells soup! it was my first attempt at bean soup and i will not be looking for any other recipes......i love it!!!

kimbearly
Have made this several times and it is delicious! Better than Campbell's!!! I fry the bacon until crisp, sauteed the onions and celery in the drippings and added 1/2 tsp savory.

sailinshoes81
Made this soup today, have been looking for a recipe to use up ham stock (besides pea soup) for a while. Thank you so much. Very good soup. I made a few alterations, more bacon (cooked it first until nice and pink and used about 1/4 cup of drippings in soup). I used 1/2 and 1/2 water and ham stock. Delicious!

Brenda B.
I made this recipe exactly the way it was written. The aroma was like bean and bacon and while the taste wasn't bad, it didn't taste anything like Campbell's Bean and Bacon, my all time favorite canned soup. So for me it was disappointing. My main problem was the bacon... who wants to eat big strips of boiled bacon fat? I cooked it with it then took it out before serving. There was no note what the others cooks did with it. There was also too much water, the soup was thin even after pureeing the 2 cups. Good try, but I'll keep on looking.

Narshmellow

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Tweaks

Used more bacon and cooked it until pink first (added 1/4 cup of bacon drippings to soup as this was just a preference for cooked bacon on my part). Also, I used 1/2 ham stock and 1/2 water (about 4 cups of each as I had the stock on hand).

Brenda B.