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2 day Bean Chowder
2 day Bean Chowder

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The ingredients needed to prepare 2 day Bean Chowder:
  1. You need dry great northern beans
  2. Provide chopped onion
  3. Provide sliced celery
  4. Provide garlic cloves minced
  5. Get butter
  6. Use ham bone
  7. You need cubed ham chunks (16 oz)
  8. Get water
  9. Provide chicken broth (14.5 oz)
  10. Provide stewed tomatoes (14.5 oz)
  11. You need Bay leaf
  12. Prepare ground cloves
  13. Get black pepper
  14. Take whole milk
  15. Take cream (half and half)
  16. Prepare shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions to make 2 day Bean Chowder:
  1. Rinse and sort through beans to check for any small pebbles or debris.
  2. Place beans in a Dutch oven, add water to cover by 2 inches.
  3. Bring to boil, boil 2 min.
  4. Remove from heat, cover and let sit for 1 hour.
  5. Drain beans and place them in a separate bowl.
  6. In the Dutch oven sauté onion, celery and garlic in 3T butter until tender.
  7. Put beans back in Dutch oven along with ham bone, ham chunks, water, broth, tomatoes, bay leaf, ground cloves and pepper. ( below is a pic of soup mixture and the ham chunks I purchased at Wal-mart)
  8. Bring to boil then reduce heat and cover. Simmer for about 2 1/2 hrs. Until beans are soft.
  9. Remove ham bone and bay leaf.
  10. Let sit until cool enough to handle then chill in refrigerator overnight. (Just put the Dutch oven in fridge, no need to transfer to another container)
  11. Skim fat off of top. ( this pic shows the bottom half has been skimmed and top half still has fat layer. Just so you can see what you're needing to remove. )
  12. Stir in milk and cream. Cook on low until heated. (Do not allow to boil because of the milk and cream that have been added.)
  13. Just before serving stir in cheese.
  14. Remember, if you have leftovers and need to reheat, do not bring to boil.

Remove hocks and discard skin, fat, and bones. This bean chowder recipe is the best, hearty chowder I've made in a long time! This is one of those recipes that makes a huge pot of soup that you can easily portion out and freeze for a cold winter evening with some crusty garlic bread. It makes about a full gallon of soup. I love making a ton of soups because when winter hits and I.

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