Hearty Meatless Red Bean Soup

Simple, healthy, balanced, delicious! Red bean soup is a meatless option for a hearty first course. Despite the absence of meat, the soup perfectly saturates and warms. You can significantly reduce cooking time by replacing dry beans with canned ones.
cook time: 12h 30 min
Zoe Kendrick
Hearty Meatless Red Bean Soup

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

38
Calories
6g
Carbs
2g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Water 2 l
Potato 2 pc
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Parsley to taste
Carrot 1 pc
Beans 1 cup

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to cook red bean soup? Prepare your food. I use dry beans, but you can use canned ones. Wash and dry the vegetables.

Step 2

Step 2
Pre-sort the beans, removing debris and substandard beans, and then soak in cold water for 8-10 hours. Drain the swollen beans by placing them in a colander. Rinse the beans well under running water.

Step 3

Step 3
Take a suitable saucepan, place the beans in it, pour in 2 liters of cold water and cook over medium heat. Cook the beans until tender, about 2 hours. Depending on the type of beans, the cooking time can be reduced or increased. My beans were ready after 1.5 hours of cooking. Foam will form during cooking; remove it with a slotted spoon.

Step 4

Step 4
While the beans are cooking, prepare the vegetables. Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes.

Step 5

Step 5
Peel the carrots and grate them.

Step 6

Step 6
Wash the parsley, dry and finely chop.

Step 7

Step 7
If desired, you can drain the water from the cooked beans and cook the soup in new water. If you leave the water, but it has boiled too much, then pour in a little boiling water. Add potatoes and carrots to the pan with the beans. Cook them for 15 minutes. You can add chopped onions along with the vegetables; I don’t like them, so I cook soups without onions. Or, as an option, a peeled whole onion, which you then remove at the end of cooking.

Step 8

Step 8
Add tomato sauce, salt, pepper and chopped herbs to the pan. Cook the soup for another 5 minutes. I didn’t add any greens at this stage — the child doesn’t like greens in soup. If you are making the soup with canned beans, add them at this stage, skipping the steps of soaking and boiling the dry beans.

Step 9

Step 9
Remove the soup from the heat and let it simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes.

Step 10

Step 10
Pour the soup into bowls and serve. Bon appetit!

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