Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, capitol hill bean soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook capitol hill bean soup using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Capitol Hill Bean Soup:

1. Make ready 1 pound dried white navy beans, sorted of debris and rinsed
2. Get 1 (about 1-lb.) ham bone or uncured ham hock (I used the center bone with lots of meat from the ham dinner we had the day before)
3. Prepare 2 1/2 quarts water (10 cups)
4. Get 1 large russet potato (about 8 oz.)
5. Get 3 cups chopped celery (about 6 stalks)
6. Take 3 cups chopped yellow onion (about 3 medium onions)
7. Take 1-3 Garlic clove, minced
8. Take 3 teaspoons kosher salt
9. Make ready 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
10. Get 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

These days, the soup is made with fewer ingredients. Included in the modern Senate bean soup are some lightly sauteed onions and no potatoes, garlic, or celery. Drain and cover them with water, add soup bone or chopped ham. Bring to a boil and let get almost tender.

Instructions to make Capitol Hill Bean Soup:

1. Place beans in a Dutch oven or large casserole; add water to cover, and soak 8 hours or overnight. Drain beans. Add ham bone and water. Cover and bring to a boil over high; reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 1 hour.
2. Rinse potato; pierce with a fork, and wrap potato in a paper towel. Microwave on HIGH until tender, about 4 to 5 minutes; peel and mash potato. Stir potato, celery, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper into bean mixture; simmer over medium-low until beans are tender, about 1 hour.
3. Remove ham bone from Dutch oven, and let stand until cool enough to handle, about 20 minutes. Remove and discard bone and fat; dice meat, and stir into bean mixture. Top each serving with chopped parsley

Add onion, celery, parsley and garlic, cook till done. Add the mashed potatoes and seasonings. You could say it's a rare unanimous mandate. According to one story, the tradition was started by a Congressman from Idaho who contended the soup should always include mashed potatoes. Sort and wash beans; place in a dutch oven.

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