Bean Soup Recipes

[patticakes]

ok, now you guys have me hungry for bean soup.

i just wandered through the preps and grabbed a bag of black-eyed peas (why do they call them "peas", they're beans) and some ham soup base (powdered boullion). popped over to the freezer and grabbed a package of vacuum sealed ham slices from a Honey-Baked that we had a while back. i threw all that in a pot with some s&p, a little parsley, a clove of garlic, 1/2 an onion 1 stalk of celery and a shredded carrot.

we'll see what happens......

if it's that bad, i'll just boil it down and serve it over rice.

[Trinity]

ok, now you guys have me hungry for bean soup.

i just wandered through the preps and grabbed a bag of black-eyed peas (why do they call them "peas", they're beans) and some ham soup base (powdered boullion). popped over to the freezer and grabbed a package of vacuum sealed ham slices from a Honey-Baked that we had a while back. i threw all that in a pot with some s&p, a little parsley, a clove of garlic, 1/2 an onion 1 stalk of celery and a shredded carrot.

we'll see what happens......

if it's that bad, i'll just boil it down and serve it over rice.

It sounds good to me.

[patticakes]

It sounds good to me.

dinner's at 6:00. i'll save you a place at the table.

[Emily]

Here is another thread from a while ago where we all contributed our soup recipes and many of them were bean soup.
http://www.thetreeofliberty.com/vb/s...ad.php?t=22225

[Biblebeliever]

http://agoodappetite.blogspot.com/20...bean-soup.html

[Powder]

I think the one of the most important components to a non-bland, fantastic bean soup is kosher salt and different types of pepper.

Taste your soup often to make sure it's seasoned well. I stock up on several types of pepper (whole black peppercorns store forever), pickling salt, iodized and non-iodized table salt, assorted sea salts, and plenty of kosher salt. (Also, salt will make an excellent barter item later on.)

I buy an extra jar of chicken, beef and ham soup base as often as possible. That'll also make an otherwise bland tasting soup better.

[Housekeeper]

I don't eat much meat either and just finished the last bowl of my latest batch of veggie bean soup. I don't use a recipe so I'll try to remember...

Saute a couple tablespoons of diced onion, a clove of minced garlic, about 1/2 C each carrots, mushrooms, sweet potato and potato and a handful of chopped kale/spinach/collards etc. When the vegetables begin to soften and onion are translucent add water...maybe 6 cups or so. Add italian seasoning, basil, salt, pepper to taste. Bring to simmer and let cook until veggies are done. Add a can of black eyed peas (drained and rinsed) and enough pasta to make a thick stew. Cook until pasta is done.

If you want to add meat to the soup, sausage is a good addition.


BTW. A can of chunk ham (those little, $1 cans) works very well to flavor a pot of soup. Cook a couple cups of lentils, add some sauteed onion and carrot and a can of ham make a pretty acceptable pot of soup.

[Leigh19717]

I use the 15 bean soup that is Kroger brand I believe is 2.19 a bag. You can get either ham or cajun flavor. Honestly the cajun is SO much better for flavor, but not hot to me. I always take them out of the bags and place the beans in jars, so each jar takes about 1.3 bags to fill her.

Then I add a whole onion, 14 oz of diced tom, ham or kolbasi and let it cook on low for 4 hours. I never remember to soak the night before, so I do the quick boil instructions on the bag. If we are running low on the second night, I add in cooked rice to it. Tonight is the second night of it here, but we made that amish bread yesterday, so that has been on the plate too .

Honestly my children will not touch any type of bean, except green beans lol. This way, I can add the beans in and when times get tough, then pour it over rice.

[Olddogg]

The Goya Jamon (ham) seasoning is excellent. I use it with beans, and greens too.

[TNHermit]

Ham,Bacon, Onions and Garlic for good bean soup!!

And lot of pepper for me