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2 day Bean Chowder
2 day Bean Chowder

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The ingredients needed to cook 2 day Bean Chowder:
  1. Take dry great northern beans
  2. Get chopped onion
  3. Use sliced celery
  4. Take garlic cloves minced
  5. Take butter
  6. You need ham bone
  7. Provide cubed ham chunks (16 oz)
  8. Take water
  9. You need chicken broth (14.5 oz)
  10. Get stewed tomatoes (14.5 oz)
  11. Prepare Bay leaf
  12. Get ground cloves
  13. Take black pepper
  14. Prepare whole milk
  15. Use cream (half and half)
  16. Provide shredded cheddar cheese
Steps 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.

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