Bean soup

Bean soup is a popular first course that is quite simple to prepare and can easily feed the whole family. The soup can be prepared either based on meat or meat broth, or in a lean version - for those who adhere to fasting or a diet. If you use canned beans, the dish turns out even faster, and the taste remains bright and pleasant.

Classic bean soup with meat

Bean soup is a tasty and rich first course that will make it easy to feed even a large family, using very few familiar ingredients and a little time. The recipe is suitable even for busy housewives if you use canned beans instead of regular dried beans.

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   How to cook classic bean soup? Cut the meat into small pieces and add water to prepare the broth. Cook for about 2 hours over low heat, skimming off foam regularly.
2. 
   Cut the potatoes into large cubes the size of the beans. Add to meat broth.
3. 
   Open a can of canned beans. If you use dry beans, first soak them and boil them separately without adding salt for half an hour.
4. 
   Prepare a fry from onions and carrots: cut or grate the vegetables and fry with a little oil until they acquire a golden hue.
5. 
   Add the roast and beans to the soup, mix well. Add bay leaf, a little garlic and season to taste, not forgetting salt and ground pepper. Cook for about 5 more minutes and then serve hot, garnished with chopped herbs. Bon appetit!

Canned Red Bean Soup

Canned red bean soup turns out to be very appetizing in appearance, and the abundance of spices and aromatic herbs makes its taste especially bright and pleasant. In this recipe, along with standard root vegetables - potatoes and carrots - celery root is also used, which makes the dish more satisfying.

Cooking time: 3 hours.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Canned red beans – 1 can.
• Beef – 250 gr.
• Fresh rosemary – 1 pc.
• Parsley – 2 sprigs.
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Black peppercorns – 5 pcs.
• Allspice peas – 3 pcs.
• Celery (root) – 100 gr.
• Potatoes – 3 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Tomato paste – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Granulated garlic – 1 tsp.
• Nutmeg – ¼ tsp.
• Ground fenugreek – 1 tsp.
• Dried cilantro – 1 tsp.
• Dried parsley – 1 tsp.
• Fresh greens - for serving.

Cooking process:

1. For broth, it is better to use meat on the bone: this way the broth becomes richer and gets more flavor. Remove the bone, cut the meat into portions and place either in a saucepan with soup or directly on each plate. Pour clean filtered water over the beef and simmer over low heat for about 2 hours, skimming off foam regularly

2. 20 minutes before the meat broth is cooked, you need to add garlic, spices and herbs.

3. Cut the peeled potatoes into half circles or cubes and place them in the broth, then do the same with the celery root, add the beans. Cook for 20 minutes.

4. Prepare a fry from onions and carrots, add tomato paste to it and place in the soup. Mix everything well.

5. Season the soup to taste by adding the required amount of salt and pepper, cover with a lid and cook for about 5 minutes, and then leave to absorb the aromas for another 15 minutes. Serve sprinkled with finely chopped herbs.

How to cook delicious bean soup with chicken?

Bean soup according to this recipe is more dietary friendly due to the chicken meat used in preparation. It’s good to season this first dish with chopped cilantro: it gives the soup a richer aroma and creates an irresistible desire to taste at least a plate.

Cooking time: 3 hours 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 2 pcs.
• Red beans – 200 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Fresh chopped cilantro - to taste.
• Chicken (breast) – ½ pc.
• Ground oregano - to taste.
• Savory - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Fill the beans with water in advance and leave to soak for 1.5 hours, and then cook until tender over low heat for about an hour.

2. Cut the chicken breast into portions - into small cubes or thin slices, add water and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, also remembering to remove the foam.

3. Cut the peeled and washed potatoes into cubes and add to the chicken broth.

4. After 10 minutes, add beans to the soup.

5. Prepare a fry from grated carrots and small onion cubes, mix it with tomato paste and add it to the other ingredients in the broth. Taste the dish for salt, add spices and pepper. Cook for about 5-7 more minutes and then serve, garnished with chopped cilantro.

Lean bean soup without meat

Beans are a complete product for those who have given up meat or for some reason cannot eat it. Bean protein contains essential elements to maintain health and helps you feel full quickly. If you add fresh or dried herbs to a dish, it will become even more aromatic and appetizing.

Cooking time: 1 hour 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Beans – 150 gr.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Celery (root) – 100 gr.
• Parsley (leaves) – ½ bunch.
• Tomato – 2 pcs.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Dried mint – 1 pinch.
• Dried savory – 1 pinch.
• Ground sweet paprika - to taste.
• Ground chili pepper - to taste.
• Wheat flour - optional.

Cooking process:

1.The beans need to be kept in cool water for at least 8 hours, and then pour fresh water over the beans and cook for about an hour until the beans become soft, but not mushy.

2. Peel the celery and carrots and cut into cubes or cubes.

3. Prepare a fry from chopped onions and carrots: keep them in a frying pan with vegetable oil, and then add peeled and finely chopped tomatoes. Add the carrots and celery and cook everything together for about 6 minutes.

4. Season the dressing with salt and pepper, add paprika and hot pepper if desired, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

5. Add vegetable dressing to almost cooked beans, add salt and herbs, cook for another 10 minutes, and then, if desired, thicken the soup a little with flour. Serve the finished dish with herbs and rye bread.

Canned bean soup in tomato sauce

An easy recipe for making delicious and rich bean soup with tomato sauce. It's quick, easy to prepare and suitable even for inexperienced cooks. It is best served with garlic croutons and grated cheese.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 6 pcs.
• Beans, canned in tomato sauce – 400 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Fresh greens - for serving.
• Meat or mushroom broth – 2 l

Cooking process:

1. Vegetables are washed and peeled.

2. Potatoes are cut into large, even cubes.

3. Onions and carrots are chopped to form beautiful strips, and then fried in vegetable oil until browned.

4.Add potato cubes to the boiling broth, cook for 10 minutes, and then add fried carrots and onions. Everything cooks together for another 5 minutes.

5. Place the beans and sauce into the soup, mix well, then check if there is enough salt and add more if necessary. Season the soup and cook for another 5 minutes. When serving, sprinkle each serving with fresh chopped herbs and add garlic croutons and grated cheese.

Delicious bean soup with smoked meats

The taste and aroma of smoked meats ideally complement dishes with legumes, and, in particular, bean soup. The aroma of smoked meat makes the broth more appetizing, and the beans fill it with useful substances. This dish will appeal to both adults and children.

Cooking time: 3 hours.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Beans – 200 g
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Smoked meat – 300 gr.
• Smoked sausage – 200 gr.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Chopped greens - for serving.

Cooking process:

1. Soak the beans in clean water for several hours, then refresh the water and cook the beans for about 40 minutes over low heat.

2. Fry peeled and chopped onions and carrots, add a few tablespoons of tomato paste and simmer for 3 minutes.

3. Heat water in a saucepan, cut the smoked meats into portions and carefully place them in boiling water, boil for a couple of minutes.

4. Add beans and fried carrots and onions to the broth, mix everything, taste for salt and adjust to taste.

5. Serve the soup hot, garnished with herbs, with toasted garlic bread.

Step-by-step recipe for making bean soup with mushrooms

Mushrooms go well with beans, especially if you use forest mushrooms - boletus, aspen and others - to prepare such a soup. The aromatic bean soup is hearty and tasty. When serving, you can add a couple of spoons of sour cream to the soup.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Canned beans – 1 can.
• Mushrooms (forest, champignons) – 200 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Butter – for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Mushrooms are cut into slices and cooked in heated butter for 15 minutes until they are browned.

2. Peeled onion, cut into small cubes, is transferred to the mushrooms and fried for another 5 minutes.

3. Place the fried mushrooms into a pan of boiling water, boil for a couple of minutes and add canned beans.

4. The soup is brought to taste, for which you need to add the appropriate amount of salt and pepper, and then cook for another 5 minutes.

5. Bean soup with mushrooms is served with hot croutons with grated cheese and sour cream.

How to make bean soup at home?

A thick and rich puree soup made from beans will warm you up in the cold and give you strength. To make the dish more flavorful, you can add a little Tabasco sauce to it.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Canned beans - 2 cans.
• Tomatoes in their own juice – 1 can.
• Sweet red pepper – 1 pc.
• Sweet orange pepper – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Tabasco sauce - to taste.
• Mixture of ground peppers - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Hard cheese - to taste.
• Crackers - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. The seeds are removed from the pepper, the vegetable is cut into strips, the onion and garlic are cut as finely as possible.

2. All ingredients are fried in a frying pan with the addition of oil.

3. Boil water in a saucepan of suitable volume, add tomatoes and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes.

4. The fried vegetables are transferred to the pan with the tomatoes, then one can of beans, spices and salt are added. It takes about half an hour to prepare everything together.

5. Puree the vegetable mass using an immersion blender, add the contents of the second can of beans to the puree. When serving, sprinkle the puree soup with croutons and grated cheese to taste.

A simple and delicious recipe for bean soup with meatballs

Children will like meat balls in bean soup; besides, this first course turns out to be dietary, even though it contains meat. Among the ingredients for this recipe is zucchini, which gives the soup a fresh and summery feel.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Water – 2 l
• Bay leaf – 1 pc.
• Tomato – 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste.
• Seasoning for soup - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tsp.
• Young zucchini – 1 pc.
• Minced beef – 200 gr.
• Small white beans – 400 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Make meatballs from ground beef no larger than 2 cm in size.

2. Coarsely grate the peeled and washed carrots and cut the zucchini into cubes. Fry vegetables with oil.

3. Add finely chopped tomato to the frying, the skin of which must first be removed.

4. Add spices and salt to boiling water, then put a whole onion in it and carefully lower the meatballs into the broth.

5. After a few minutes, take out the onion, add the fry to the soup, and after 5-6 minutes - the beans.Bring the dish to taste and cook over low heat, covered, for about 5 minutes. Serve hot with cheese crackers or a slice of black bread.

How to cook delicious bean soup in a slow cooker?

To prepare bean soup in a slow cooker, you do not need any special skills or culinary knowledge: you just need to take the amount of ingredients specified in the recipe and follow the cooking technology. The result is a tasty and rich dish that will appeal to all family members.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Red beans in tomato – 1 can.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Potatoes – 6 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Dried basil - to taste.
• Ground paprika - to taste.
• Granulated garlic - to taste.
• Tomato paste – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the peeled and washed potatoes into small cubes, chop the onion.

2. Place onions, carrots and potatoes into the multicooker container and cook in the “Baking” mode for several minutes.

3. Add tomato paste and beans to the vegetables, add water, stir.

4. Bring to taste by adding salt, spices and freshly ground pepper.

5. Turn on the “Stew” mode and cook the soup for 30 minutes. Serve with bread or cheese croutons.