Barbecue 15 Bean Soup Food

VEGETARIAN 15 BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight, or at least 8 hours. Drain and rinse.
• Cook beans in water until just tender by simmering on the stove in 2 qts. water for 1 1/2 hours. (Can also cook in slower cooker or pressure cooker.).
• Shortly before the beans are done, saute onion and garlic in oil until slightly brown.
• When beans are done, drain half the cooking water.
• Add all remaining ingredients and simmer, uncovered, for 40-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. Adjust seasoning to taste.
• Serve with crusty bread or popovers.

HAM AND 15 BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight or by the "quicksoak method" as listed on the back of most bags of beans.
• Drain the beans and place in large pot with 2 quarts of water.
• Add the ham hock and bacon and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 2 1/2 hours add water as necessary.
• Remove hamhock and shred meat from the bone, returning meat to the pot.
• Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for another 45-60 min or until beans are cooked to your liking.

15 BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash the beans; put in large pot and cover with water. Bring to boil; stir and remove from heat. Cover and let sit 1 hour. After that hour, drain beans and set aside.
• Add oil to pot. Sauté your ham hocks, onion, and celery until tender.
• Next add garlic and sauté 2 minutes more.
• Add your beans and cover with water (about 2 inches over top of beans).
• Add tomatoes with the juice, parsley, rosemary, black pepper, bouillon cubes, and about 1 teaspoon of salt to start with.
• Mix well. Bring to boil; stir, reduce heat cover and simmer for 2 to 21/2 hours or until all the sizes of the beans are tender.
• Keep watching it and stirring it every once in a while. You may need to add more water; you want it to keep a consistency a little thicker than a soup.
• Taste it after it cooks--you may need more salt or pepper.
• During the last 15 minutes of cooking, add the flavor package that comes with the beans.
• Serve by itself or over rice.

BARBECUE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Hydrate and rinse beans (a bag of 15 bean soup can be used in place of the dry beans listed) according to package instructions. (note: split peas and lentils do not need to be hydrated)
• Add all ingredients to slow cooker except pasta. (If using 15 bean soup mix do not add seasoning packet to slow cooker until the last 30 min of cook time.).
• Stir mixture.
• Cover and cook on low for 10 hours or until beans are tender. Add pasta, if desired, in the last 15-30 minutes of cook time.

BARBECUE 15-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Set aside the soup mix seasoning packet and put the beans in a large colander.
• Pick through the beans to remove any debris, then rinse under running water.
• Put the beans in the slow cooker, cover them with water, and soak for 8 hours.
• Pour the beans back into the colander, discarding the used water, and rinse under running water.
• Return the beans to the slow cooker and add 1 quart of fresh water.
• Add the barbecue sauce and chopped onions, stirring to mix.
• Cover and cook on low 10 hours or until beans are tender.
• An hour before the soup is done, add the seasoning packet and stir.
• Just before serving the soup, season it with salt and pepper.

15-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Microwave onion, garlic, oil, and thyme in bowl, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes; transfer to slow cooker.
• Stir broth, white mushrooms, soaked beans, bacon, porcini mushrooms, and bay leaves into slow cooker.
• Cover and cook until beans are tender, 9-11 hours on LOW or 5-7 hours on HIGH.
• Let soup settle for 5 minutes, then remove fat from surface using large spoon.
• Discard bacon and bay leaves.
• Stir in chard and tomatoes, cover, and cook on HIGH until chard is tender, 20-30 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

15 BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Discard seasoning packet from soup mix (if included) or reserve for another use. Sort, wash and soak beans as directed on package; drain. Bring beans, water and broth to boil in saucepan; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until beans are tender.
• Heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add carrots, celery, onions and garlic; cook and stir 5 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in tomatoes; bring to boil.
• Add ham, pepper and vegetable mixture to saucepan with beans; simmer on low heat 30 min., stirring occasionally.

BARBECUE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a kettle cook the onion and the garlic in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, until the onion is softened, stir in the chili powder, the cumin, the allspice, and the cloves, and simmer the mixture for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes with the juice, the beans, the roasted peppers, the broth, the molasses, the Tabasco, and salt and pepper to taste and simmer the soup, covered partially and stirring occasionally, for 1 1/2 hours. Stir the vinegar into the soup and simmer the soup until it is heated through. The soup may be made 2 days in advance, cooled completely, uncovered, and kept covered and chilled. Reheat the soup and ladle it into thermoses.

15 BEAN SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place beans in strainer and rinse.
• After rinsing, place beans in bowl and cover completely with water. After a couple of hours, rinse and refill water level.
• Soak overnight.
• Next day, rinse beans and place in crock pot.
• Combine all ingredients except sausage.
• Cover.
• Cook on low heat for 6 hours.
• Saute cubed sausage in pan.
• Put sausage and drippings, if any, in soup.
• Continue cooking on low for another 2 hours.
• Enjoy!

15 BEAN SOUP/STEW

Steps:

• Soak beans at least overnight.
• Put all ingredients together in a large pot and cook at medium heat ( a good simmer) for approximately 2 1/2 hours until the beans are tender.
• Add salt to taste after cooking for 1 hour.