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Confederate Bean Soup

This is a great soup to make when you find yourself with leftover baked beans. If you don’t have leftovers, Bush’s canned baked beans work wonderfully.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 3 or 4

Ingredients

1/2 pound Hillshire Farms smoked sausage, sliced in rounds 1/4 inch thick
2 slices bacon, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 medium onion, diced
1/2 green bell pepper, diced (optional)
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups leftover baked beans, or one 16-ounce can Bush’s Baked Beans
1 1/2 cups half-and-half

Preparation

  1. Sauté sausage, bacon, garlic, onion, and pepper (if desired) in butter until bacon is cooked. Add beans and simmer for a few minutes over medium to low heat. Add half-and-half. Increase or decrease half-and-half for preferred thickness. Serve with piping-hot corn bread.

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