Simple Red Bean Soup Food

RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, bell peppers, salt, cayenne, black pepper, and bay leaves. Cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes, or until the vegetables are wilted. Add the stock and beans, stirring to mix well. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until the mixture is smooth and creamy, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Just before serving, add the sherry, green onions, parsley, and hot sauce. Remove the bay leaves.
• Serve hot in soup bowls.

RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Boil the Adzuki beans until they are slightly soft.
• Drain the water and rinse the beans, place them back in a large pot.
• Chop up the carrots, celery, and onions, and place them in the pot with the beans.
• Add the rest of the ingredients (spices, pork, water), except the sherry.
• Mix the ingredients.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and cook just under a boil for 2 to 3 hours (until beans are very soft, soup is thick and vegetables have thoroughly cooked).
• Before serving, add the sherry and stir.
• I like a particularly thick,"stew like" soup.
• If you want a thinner soup, just add more water!
• Also, I tend to add my spices liberally- just season to taste!
• The pork is mainly to give flavour, so get something with a little fat on it!
• Note: Adzuki beans are Japanese beans.
• You can substitute with other beans, but the cooking time may vary.

RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Put the beans in a saucepan, cover with fresh water and bring to a boil.
• Boil for 10 minutes and drain.
• Set aside.
• Melt the butter in a dutch oven or very large saucepan and cook the onion, garlic, celery and carrot, covered, until softened.
• Add the beans, ham, ham bone, water, worcestershire sauce, parsley, thyme, bay leaves, lemon juice, pepper flakes, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil and simmer 2 hours or until beans are very soft.
• Discard the ham bone.
• Scoop out the chunks of ham and reserve.
• Press the soup through a fine sieve and return it to the saucepan.
• Discard the solids in the sieve.
• Cut the chunks of ham into small dice and add to the soup.
• Reheat, and taste and adjust the seasonings.
• Serve hot, sprinkled with a little parsley.

CAJUN STYLE RED BEAN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over high heat, heat the oil. Add the bacon and saute for 2 minutes. Add the onions, bell pepper, garlic, bay leaves, sausage and ham hock and saute for 2 more minutes.
• Add the beans and saute for 2 more minutes. Stir in the Cajun-style seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Add the salt, cover the pot and simmer for an additional 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the pot to sit, covered, for about 20 minutes. Discard the ham hock.
• Ladle soup into individual bowls. Top each serving with 1/4 cup rice and 1 tablespoon green onion.

RED BEAN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the peppers, celery, onions and beans. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaves before serving.

SIMPLE RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Mix together water, tomato paste, and chicken broth in a pot until blended.
• In another pan, sauté onion and garlic in the olive oil.
• Drain the liquid from the red beans into the broth mixture and save the beans for later or empty in the whole can.
• Let simmer, adding parsley and paprika.
• Add sautéed onions and garlic to soup.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.