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Barbecued Bean Soup

Great Northern beans, chopped white onion, fresh ground black pepper, beef short ribs and water are slow cooked for 12 to 14 hours to soften beans and tenderize ribs. Soup is seasoned with salt and flavored with barbecue sauce before serving.

Ingredients -

1 pound Great Northern Beans, soaked overnight, drained and rinsed
3/4 cup chopped Onion
1/8 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1-1/2 to 2 pounds Beef Short Ribs
6 cups Water
2 teaspoons Salt, or to taste
1 cup Barbecue Sauce

Preparation:

1. Add re-hydrated beans, chopped onion, fresh ground black pepper, beef short ribs, and water to slow cooker.

2. Cook on LOW for 12-14 hours.

3. Remove the beef short ribs from the slow cooker.

4. Trim the meat off the ribs, and return meat to the slow cooker. Discard bones, or save for making beef stock.

5. Season soup with salt.

6. Stir in barbecue sauce.

7. Continue cooking on HIGH for half an hour.

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