Bean And Canadian Bacon Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 carrot (1/2 c.), diced
1 small onion (1 c.), diced
4 oz. Canadian bacon, diced
1 c. dry Great Northern beans
3 c. chicken broth
1/4 tsp. oregano
2 bay leaves
salt and pepper to taste (white pepper)

Preparation

Heat oil; add carrot and onion and saute about 5 minutes.
Add bacon; saute 5 minutes longer.
Add beans, broth, oregano and bay leaves.
Bring to boil; reduce and simmer, covered, until beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Remove bay leaves before serving.
Preferable to refrigerate soup a day before serving.