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5 Bean Soup

It’s truly simple and easy and really worth it if you’re craving a soup that is filling and tastes great.

Ingredients to Make 5 Bean Soup:

  • Smoked sausage,
  • Bacon
  • Fire roasted tomatoes
  • 5 types of beans
  • Onion
  • Seasonings

How to make healthy 5 Bean Soup or Stew:

Everything, apart from the smoked sausage, gets tossed into a pot, and is pretty much left alone to do its own thing.

If you don’t mind more hands-on time, you could go ahead and crisp up the bacon and the sliced sausage, but it’s entirely optional.

It will taste great all the same. So, it all boils together for about 45 minutes, which leaves your hands free to do whatever you like.

As a final attempt to convince you to try this soup out yourself, I need to mention that while I’ve been back in South Africa and Cody having our apartment all to himself, you’d naturally assume he’d be grasping the opportunity to live off junk food. Yes?

No. He actually called me a few weeks ago and asked for the notes on our 5 bean soup. Yep, he actually cooked this for himself and that’s all the evidence you need to know how yum this is.

Bean Soup Recipe

An easy Bean Soup Recipe, perfect for cold days! 9 Fresh Ingredients.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Serving Size 8

Ingredients

  • 1 onion sliced
  • 2 cans Fire Roasted Tomatoes (14oz/400ml)
  • 1 lb smoked sausage (cut into rounds)
  • 4 bacon strips (cut into bits)
  • 1/2 cup pinto beans
  • 1/2 cup red kidney beans
  • 1/2 cup black turtle beans
  • 1/2 cup black eyed peas
  • 1/2 cup split peas
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 tsp dried chili
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • to taste salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Toss all the ingredients into a pot and cook for approximately 1 hour or until the beans reach your desired level of tenderness and the soup has thickened.
  • Add the smoked sausage when the beans are almost cooked.
  • Remove from heat. Serve and enjoy.

Notes

Tips and Tricks:
1. To prepare beans: Add 2 cups of beans to 8 cups of water and bring to the boil. Boil rapidly for 2 minutes and let stand for 1 hour. Or soak overnight.
2. You can also use drained cans

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