Red bean soup

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 12 hr 30 mins

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.

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.

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.

4. STEP 4

   

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

5. STEP 5

   

   Peel the carrots and grate them.

6. STEP 6

   

   Wash the parsley, dry and finely chop.

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.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add tomato sauce, salt, pepper and chopped herbs to the pan. Cook the soup for another 5 minutes. I did not add the greens at this stage - the child does not like greens in the soup. If you are making the soup with canned beans, then add them at this stage, skipping the steps with soaking and boiling the dry beans.

9. STEP 9

   

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

10. STEP 10

    

    Pour the soup into bowls and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Milanka

23.09.2023

4.5

Great nutritious soup! Thank you! I am very impressed by Mexican bean soup and more. It is something!

Olga

23.09.2023

4.7

The beans, pre-soaked overnight, were cooked in 30 minutes. I threw half an onion into the soup. It turned out to be a dietary soup, there is no frying and not a gram of oil. Bean soup made from red beans with a predominant taste of beans and a slight sourness.

Eleno4ka

23.09.2023

4.7

I decided to make bean soup from red beans, so I soaked the beans overnight in cold water with a quarter teaspoon of baking soda. I had ready-made bone broth, which I used to make the soup. Instead of tomatoes, I used homemade tomatoes twisted for the winter. In addition, I added celery greens (I like its aroma). The soup turned out appetizing, with a rich taste, with a pleasant tomato note. The beans were cooked perfectly, they turned out soft and tender. I also did not add onions to the soup, but when serving I added chopped green onions and parsley. Delicious and healthy soup! Thanks for the recipe, Maria!

Dmitry Turbanov

23.09.2023

5

Well, I’m not on a diet, so I’ll do some frying (markov, onion, tomato paste). Perhaps I’ll add (for 3 - 4 liters) up to half a stick of half-stick sausage, I don’t like completely empty soups.