16 Bean Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Place the soaked beans into a large pot and fill with enough water to cover by about 1 inch. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low for 30 minutes. Drain. Add the ham bone, ham, onion, celery, carrots, tomatoes, vegetable juice, and vegetable broth. Season with Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, chili powder, bay leaves, pepper, parsley and lemon juice. Pour in enough of the chicken broth to cover the ingredients.
• Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 8 hours. Add more chicken broth as needed throughout the day. Remove the ham bone and season with salt if needed. Continue to simmer for a couple more hours. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Steps:

• Set aside seasoning packet from beans. Sort beans and rinse with cold water. Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water to cover by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1 to 4 hours or until beans are softened. Drain and rinse beans, discarding liquid., Return beans to the pan. Add contents of bean seasoning packet, onion, garlic, salt, chili powder, pepper, pepper sauce, bay leaf and water. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until beans are tender. Add tomatoes and lemon juice. Simmer, uncovered, until heated through. Discard bay leaf.

Steps:

• Clean, rinse, soak beans overnight. Drain and put in covered crock pot on medium with vegetable broth. Then chop onions and celery, add to crock pot. About an hour later, chop and add bell peppers. A couple hours after adding bell peppers, add tomatoes and seasonings. Leave to simmer another hour or until done. Add chopped swiss chard leaves and simmer another 15 minutes. I double this recipe and freeze it in 3-4 cup servings. It keeps well in the fridge at least a week. If you don't like your vegs soft, you can add them to the pot later so they will be crispier. * Rub dried basil between fingers to release all the flavor before adding. ** We use El Yucateco hot sauce. Beware hot sauces can become hotter as you rewarm dishes it's used in, so you may want to add it at the table or eliminate it completely.

Steps:

• Combine bean soup mix, bay leaves, oregano, chicken stock, and enough water to cover the beans by 1" to 2 " in crock pot.
• Cook on high for 2 hours.
• Add remaining ingredients and shift cooker to low. Cook for additional 3 hours.
• For more zing, add cayenne or crushed red pepper when adding second set of ingredients.
• Serve this as a complete meal or over rice if desired.
• Freezes well.

Steps:

• In dutch over add bacon fat add onions cook for 5 min, add beans and broth and all other ingrdients.
• Bring to boil for 10 min and lower heat and simmer all day. check to see if it is getting to thick if so add more water.This is a thick soup.
• You can also cook this in your cock pot.