Cajun White Soup Beans

Cajun White Soup Beans will become a family favorite if you enjoy Authentic Cajun cooking. They have all the key ingredients to a true to the word Cajun meal. Made with hearty ingredients that include spice and everything nice.

I love a good pot of Cajun White Soup Beans. I use Navy beans or Northern beans in mine, with either a smoked ham bone or smoked ham hocks, smoked sausage, andouille sausage, the Holy Trinity, garlic, bay leaves, chicken stock, tomatoes with chilis, Cajun spices, and garnish white green onions or pickled jalapenos for a little extra flavor.

 

When I was a child, you could bet we had my Mom’s delicious Soup Beans reasonably often and always served with white cornbread, not sweet corn muffin mix. Sometimes it contained meat; other times, it was meatless and just seasoned. However, it was delicious tasting.

You can always tell a true Southerner, Cajun, or Creole because if they are an old school, it will be called White Soup Beans, not White Bean Soup, most often than not. It can range from plain to fancy pants, but you won’t find kale in it or sweet potatoes or other odd ingredients. No offense, but let’s keep the recipes accurate and honor them by making them as we have for years.

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR CAJUN WHITE SOUP BEANS

• One pound dried Navy beans (soaked overnight)

• Water to cover while soaking the Navy beans

• Hambone, Ham hocks, Smoked turkey necks

• One sizeable Yellow onion, chopped

• Two stalks of celery, diced

• 1/2 green bell pepper, diced

• Four cloves minced garlic

• Three bay leaves

• 32 ounces of low sodium chicken broth or chicken stock

• One – 14.5 ounce– can of organic diced tomatoes with chilis.

• 1/2 pound smoked sausage – sliced in rounds

• 1/2 pound Andouille sausage – sliced in rounds

• One teaspoon low sodium Cajun seasoning or to taste

• One pinch of cayenne- optional ingredient

• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper

• Kosher salt to taste at the end. Do not add while cooking the beans.

• Sliced green onions to garnish

• Sliced jalapeno, to garnish, optional ingredient

 

 

 

METHOD USED FOR CAJUN WHITE SOUP BEANS

1. Follow the package directions, Soak the navy beans overnight in water, add the rinsed, drained, and sorted beans Navy Beans to the Dutch Oven, and pour chicken stock or water over the beans.

2. Add either a smoked ham bone or smoked ham hocks to season. Then add smoked sausage, andouille sausage, onion, celery, green pepper, garlic, low sodium Cajun seasoning, white pepper, and bay leaves to the pot. Cook until beans are tender, adding more water if needed.

3. Once beans are tender- about one hour+ (add more chicken stock or water to the Dutch Oven if needed to thin and the tomatoes with green chilis)

4. Cook another 15 or 20 minutes. Add kosher salt to taste. Only add salt to beans while cooking at the very end stage.

5. Serve with white rice and cornbread.

 

 

 

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. What is the Holy Trinity? The holy trinity is the Cajun and Louisiana Creole variant of mirepoix; traditional mirepoix is two parts onions, one part carrots, and one part celery, whereas the holy trinity is typically equal measures of one-part onions, one part green bell pepper, and one part celery.

2. What are ham hocks? A ham hock, or pork knuckle, is the joint that attaches a pig’s foot to its leg. While a ham hock is not considered an ankle, its location corresponds to a human ankle or lower calf region.

3. What can I substitute for ham hocks if I cannot find them? If your local market does not have ham hocks, you can use pork shanks. And it should not change the flavor much.

4. I cannot locate Andouille sausage. What can I substitute for it? If you don’t have andouille sausage, your best substitute will be Polish Sausage: According to the late Chef Paul Prudhomme, the best and easiest to find an alternative. A little more cayenne pepper to the recipe to make up for the missing heat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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