Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2010

Other than useing 2 15oz cans of beans i followed the recipe to the letter, and it was just what i hoped for. The family loved it.

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baconman45

Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2010

quick easy to follow directions... just a nice hearty meal... I viewed everyones critic on this.... ranch and baked beans have a totally different taste? I suggest to the person who used baked beans in mollasses... yes that's what was Wrong with your Results... pinto beans are a good 2nd choice if ranch are not available... 5 stars with some tweeking... thanks for this quick meal!

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montgnative

Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2010

This soup is super easy with few ingredients. My family loved it! I was a big fan as a kid of this soup-just the canned version. This is really close!

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Sarah Lou

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2002

excellent tasting, added potato flakes to desired thickness, bacon was left as halved - sorry, i didn't cut the bacon up more. but family enjoyed the recipie - i did too and will definately make it again - also added frozen pkg of corn - all in all it was delicious

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jerrifred

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2003

I decided to be creative with this, so bare with me here. I cooked the bacon 1/2 way in the microwave & then put it in the pot and sauteed the onion with it to cook it through, then took it out & cut it up. Since I have not seen ranch style beans since I was in Texas in 1995 and because I thought this was going to be like, maybe, campbells bean & bacon soup, I decided to wing it and use pork & beans (ha). I also had (left over from another recipe) 1/2 can of tomato sauce & 1/2 can of tomato paste that I had mixed together & used that. I did manage to use the regular chicken broth, and added a little water (due to the addition of the paste). Over all it was pretty good, not exactly like any canned bean & bacon that I've had, but it went together well with grilled cheese. Thanks Lyndell.

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I'm nuts too...

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Carol Stream, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2002

The family enjoyed it. My son said it had a little too much bacon, but it was good. I cooked the onions before adding them to the soup.

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NJSS2000

Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2003

great base. however, i sauted the onion first in with the mostly cooked bacon. then, did what the recipe said. at the end, i added about a tablespoon of cane sugar (my brown sugar sub.), tabasco and black pepper. was great! esp. with grilled cheese..as mentioned by another reviewer.

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STACEYINEUROPE

Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2005

Very good soup Lyndell! I used pinto beans and instead of the tomato sauce I added a can of diced tomatoes with chiles. Onion and garlic powder, black pepper and a bit of liquid smoke gave the soup a really good flavor. I pureed most of the soup in my food processor to really thicken it up. Thanks so much!

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LINDA MCLEAN

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2011

I've used the ranch beans before, but since there is some mysterious fatty substance in that can, I switched to pinto beans instead. I just add a little garlic salt, onion salt and a pinch of cayenne pepper, and use probably about 1/3 cup of onion total, and make it as otherwise written. I love this soup! So simple and hearty.

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