Hearty Bean Soup

  4.6 – 5 reviews  • Beans and Peas

Start preparing your own pretzels at home instead of buying them from the mall vendor. Your family will love these so much that you’ll be making two batches the next time. Traditional salt is used, but for a delightful alternative, try putting on some of the Everything Seasoning that is currently very trendy.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Additional Time: 8 hrs
Total Time: 10 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 (16 ounce) package dried navy beans
  2. 6 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
  3. 4 cups water
  4. 1 onion, finely chopped
  5. 2 stalks celery, chopped
  6. 4 cloves garlic, minced
  7. 1 bay leaf
  8. 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  9. 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
  10. ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  11. ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Pour water over navy beans in a large container to cover by several inches; soak 8 hours to overnight.
  2. Combine soaked beans, chicken broth, water, onion, celery, garlic, and bay leaf in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered, until beans are almost tender, about 1 hour.
  3. Stir tomato paste and sea salt into bean mixture; simmer soup another 45 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf.
  4. Ladle about half the soup into a large bowl; pour soup into a blender, working in batches, filling blender no more than half full. Hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend until smooth. Pour pureed soup into pot with unblended soup; stir in parsley and adjust salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 217 kcal
Carbohydrate 39 g
Cholesterol 3 mg
Dietary Fiber 15 g
Protein 14 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Sodium 477 mg
Sugars 3 g
Fat 1 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Deborah Pope
First off, I have to tell you that I am no cook. I’m just horrible at it. So when I say I can make it you know it is easy to make. Overall, I liked it and plan to make it again. However, one suggestion, go light on the tomatoes because they will take over the taste buds.
Larry Webb
I followed the recipe as directed and it turned out wonderful. I like my beans a little softer so I mashed them just before serving the soup. This goes great with some crusty bread.
Michael Hamilton
I made this a couple of days ago. It was very nice. I left it in the fridge overnight and took some to work. Wow, nice recipe! I like it after it has had a chance to merge all the flavors. I used navy beans.
Cynthia White
I Mde this soup. We liked it the way the recipe stated.
Angela Rogers
I added a carrot to this hearty soup. It is a great comfort food!

 

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