Quick Bean Soup Recipes

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• In a 3-qt. saucepan, combine onion, carrots, celery and water. Bring to a boil; boil for 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients; mix well. Heat through.

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• In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium. Add scallions, garlic, and oregano; cook, stirring frequently, until scallions begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in broth and beans; cook until heated through, about 4 minutes. Using a wooden spoon or potato masher, lightly mash some of the beans to thicken the soup. Stir in lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Before serving, sprinkle with Parmesan.

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• Heat oil in large pot over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and thyme; sauté until onion is golden, about 8 minutes. Add beans, reserved 1 cup bean liquid, broth, tomatoes with juices, cumin and hot pepper sauce. Bring soup to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until flavors blend and soup thickens slightly, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• Working in 2 batches, purée 2 1/2 cups soup in blender until smooth. Mix purée back into soup in pot. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls.

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• In a large saucepan, saute the carrots, celery and onion in butter until tender. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook for 15 minutes or until heated through. Discard bay leaf.

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• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic and sauté until onion is tender, about 10 minutes. Mix in tomatoes with their juices, chilies and thyme. Reduce heat to low and simmer until vegetables are very soft, about 10 minutes. Add beans and 2 cups chicken broth. Puree soup in batches in processor or blender until smooth. Return soup to pot. (Can be prepared 4 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Bring soup to simmer. Thin with more broth if necessary. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with sour cream and sliced green onions.

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• Bring water to a boil in a pot; add chicken bouillon and stir until dissolved.
• Drain and rinse 1 can Great Northern beans. Reduce heat to low and stir drained beans and remaining can of undrained beans into bouillon mixture in the pot. Add carrots, onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and black pepper to pot; bring soup to a boil.
• Stir ham into soup, reduce heat to low, and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt.

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• Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute celery, carrot, onion, and garlic in hot oil until fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• Stir black beans, chicken broth, orange juice, cayenne pepper, and chili powder with the vegetables in the pot; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the carrots are soft, about 15 minutes.
• Ladle about half the solids into a blender. Add enough liquid so the solids are completely submerged. Hold lid in place and pulse blender a few times before leaving on to puree. Return pureed mixture to pot and stir.

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• Heat oil, add onion, garlic and thyme.
• Sauté about 8 minutes or until onion is golden.
• Add beans, bean liquid, broth, tomatoes, and hot pepper sauce.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes until soup thickens, stirring occasionally.
• Puree soup in blender in 2 batches.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium high heat. Add ham and 2/3 cup onion. Cook, stirring, until onion is softened, about 3 minutes.
• Puree 2 cans of beans with their liquid. Add puree, remaining beans, vegetable broth, cumin, hot sauce and oregano to saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring, until heated through, 8-10 minutes.
• Add sherry and season with salt and pepper. Serve garnished with remaining onion and sour cream.

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• In a large saucepan cook onion and bacon on medium heat until onion is clear and bacon lightly browned (If needed add oil to brown bacon).
• Add bean and bacon soup to bacon/onion mixture.
• Then pour half of the can of mixed beans into a bowl and mash.
• Add the rest of the canned and mashed beans into saucepan with other ingredients (if the mixture seemed to thick add the water) .
• Stir until well mixed, and turn heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes or until heated through.