re: Searching for best white bean recipe

I medium onion, fine diced
1/2 bell pepper, fine diced
2 stalks celery, fine diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeño pepper, with seeds, minced
2 bay leaves
1t each dried thyme, oregano and basil
2 green onions, sliced thin
3T minced flat leaf parsley
1 lb dry Great Northern beans
1 or 2 smoked hocks
6 cups + of water or ham stock
2 or 3 T oil
Salt and pepper( black and red) to taste


Heat the oil in a good heavy pot. Add the onions and sweat well. Then add the bell pepper and celery. After those are translucent, add the bay leaves and dry herbs and a little salt and pepper.

After another minute or so, add the stock, hock and the beans...bring to a boil, and then simmer. Lid it and stir every 10 minutes or so for an hour and a half, or until the beans begin to break a bit. Add more stock in the process if the dish gets too thick.

Adjust salt and pepper to taste, add the green onions and parsley, stir a minute or so, and serve.