10-Bean Soup

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⏱ 180 mins 🍽 8 serving(s) 🏷 Beans

This wholesome bean soup combines a full pound of mixed beans with a colourful medley of chopped vegetables, including bell peppers, carrots, and tomatoes. Flavoured with basil, garlic, and black pepper, it is enriched with smoked turkey and a ham hock, all simmered in a rich chicken stock. The long, slow cooking yields a deeply satisfying and comforting dish perfect for a crowd.

10-Bean Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 lb beans (10 bean variety, lima beans, kidney beans, red beans, lentils, etc)
  • onion, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 1 -2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 lb smoked turkey (cubed) or 1 lb smoked ham (cubed)
  • 1 ham hock
  • 3 1/2 quarts chicken stock

Method

  1. Finely chop the onion, red and green bell peppers, celery, carrots, tomatoes, and garlic.
  2. Rinse the beans thoroughly and drain them.
  3. Pour the chicken stock into your cooking pot.
  4. Add the chopped onion, bell peppers, celery, basil, carrots, tomatoes, garlic, and black pepper to the stock and stir.
  5. Place the ham hock and cubed smoked turkey into the pot and stir to combine.
  6. Put the lid on the pot and bring the contents to a boil.
  7. Lower the heat.
  8. Take off the lid and let the soup simmer for 2 1/2 hours, or until the beans have softened.
  9. Take out the ham hock, pick any meat from the bone, and stir the meat back into the beans.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1142500 mg

Recipe details

CategoryBeans
AuthorAmyZoe