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                      CROCK-POT FIFTEEN-BEAN SOUP

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Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Soups                            Vegetables
               Beans                            Pork

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1       pk           (20 oz) 15-bean soup mix
                       -(throw away the flavor
                       -packet!)
  1       lg           Onion, chopped
  1       t            Garlic
  1       t            Celery salt
  2                    Stalks chopped celery
  1                    Bay leaf
  1       d            Cayenne pepper
                       Ground pepper to taste
  1       pk           Polska kielbasa, sliced into
                       -coins (we prefer turkey
                       -kielbasa)

 Soak beans overnight, changing water frequently.
 Drain. In crock- pot, cover beans with 1 inch water.
 Add all other ingredients except kielbasa. Cover and
 cook on high for one hour; turn to low and cook
 overnight. Stir once or twice during cooking.  One
 hour before serving, check the texture of the soup. If
 it's too thin, mash some of the beans with a potato
 masher. Add sliced kielbasa.  Cook for one hour. Serve
 with Tabasco sauce and bread or rice.

 Serves 4 generously.

 NOTE:  This soup freezes well.  Leftovers are
 excellent (usually thicker from reheating), and are
 delicious served over rice.

 Posted by Evvie Vincow. Courtesy of Fred Peters.



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