bean & bacon soup with cornbread waffles
I make this especially in sub-zero temperatures. It warms my family. After cooking a ham, I don't throw out the ham bone. I put it in my slow cooker with some water and cook it overnight on low. It makes an awesome broth base for bean soup. Then I take the ham bone out in the morning and put my bean soup together to cook all day. Cornbread has to accompany bean soup in my family. So instead of frying cornbread fritters or making a pone, I put my batter in my waffle iron.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Yum! This is a hearty bean soup with a savory bacon flavor. Potatoes make the soup thick and give it a creamy texture. Served with the cornbread waffles, it's a warm, delicious and comforting meal. These waffles are nice and fluffy and on the savory side. You can dip them into the soup or crumble on top. If you like more of a sweet cornbread, then use a packaged corn muffin mix. We loved the more savory waffle with the soup, though.
Ingredients
- 1 - meaty ham bone
- 1 pound Great Northern white beans
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons ham stock, soup base
- 1/2 teaspoon celery powder
- 1 pound bacon
- 2 cans cream of potato soup, 10.75 oz each
- 2 cups self-rising corn meal
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup oil or shortening melted
- 1 large egg, beaten
- - French Fried onions, optional
How To Make bean & bacon soup with cornbread waffles
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Step 1Cook ham bone in water overnight in a slow cooker. -
Step 2In the morning remove bone with tongs, let cool.
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Step 3Rinse beans and put in the slow cooker. ( I don't pre-soak mine, they cook all day so they turn out just fine)
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Step 4Add ham stock. Stir with a whisk to make sure it breaks up. Add remaining seasonings. Cook on High for 6-8 hours.
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Step 5About 1/2 hour before you want to serve it, fry bacon. Let drain on paper towel.
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Step 6Saute onions in bacon drippings until done.
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Step 7Add onions to soup.
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Step 8Chop bacon in a food processor.
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Step 9Add to soup.
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Step 10In a mixing bowl pour cream of potato soup in. Take about 1 cup of broth from your soup. Mix with potato soup.
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Step 11Pour into your soup.
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Step 12Serve about a 1/2 hour from the time you put soup and bacon in.
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Step 13In the meantime, make your batter for cornbread. Mix in a large bowl cornmeal, oil, milk, and then egg.
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Step 14Mix well. It should look like pancake batter. If it's too thick add a bit more milk until it looks like a batter. If it's too thin add a bit more cornmeal.
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Step 15Heat your waffle iron and cook just as you would waffles.
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Step 16This is a nice way to get individual servings. Dish up soup. I top mine with French fried onions.
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