Southern Navy Bean Soup

This soup is a family favorite and my recipe entirely.  I love to combine everything in the morning when I wake up.  Then I add the sausage when I get home from work.  An hour later we are ready to eat.  The irony of this soup is it is truly southern...using Northern Navy Beans!!  Enjoy!!

 

Ingredients:

1 pkg Navy beans

1 chopped sweet onion

3-4 stalks celery, chopped

1 Knorr’s chicken bouillon cube

1 Knorr’s garlic bouillon cube

1 Knorr’s onion bouillon cube

1 32 oz container of chicken broth

3 c water

1 lb thick smoked bacon, uncooked but chopped

1 lb sausage links (I use Opa’s Country Sausage)

½ lb smoked brisket (if you don’t have some leftover around…it can be omitted)

2 T McCormack’s Mediterranean Spiced Sea Salt

2 tsp freshly ground pepper

Directions:

Place all ingredients (except sausage into a large crock pot).  Let it cook on low all day…at least 8 hours.  Turn on high and add sausage links.  Let cook for another hour.