Three Bean Soup Recipes

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• In a large saucepan, saute onion and green pepper in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

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• Soak beans overnight in plenty of cold water; or boil 2 minutes, cover, and let stand 1 hour. Drain beans.
• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add celery and carrots and cook 3 minutes longer.
• Add broth, the water, beans, tomatoes, garlic, 1/4 cup parsley, and the bay leaf. Boil uncovered 10 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until beans are tender, about 1 hour. Remove bay leaf.
• Puree half the soup in food processor or blender and return to saucepan. Season with salt and pepper and stir in remaining 1/4 cup parsley.
• Serve soup hot with Parmesan cheese, sour cream, and tomato.

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• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Cook hamburger until mostly cooked, then add onion and garlic in the saucepan and slowly cook until tender and browned.
• Place the great northern beans, red kidney beans, black beans, celery, carrots, potatoes, tomato-vegetable juice cocktail, brown sugar, thyme, water and vegetable bouillon in the saucepan.
• Cook over medium-high heat approximately 25 minutes.
• As the mixture thickens, stir in the red wine.

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• In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook onion, green and yellow bell peppers in oil until softened. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, black beans, pinto beans and kidney beans. Heat through.

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• Drain the white beans and combine with 7 cups water, the intact half of the onion, the 2 peeled garlic cloves and the bay leaf in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, skim off any foam that rises and reduce the heat. Cover and simmer 1 hour, until the beans are just tender. Add salt to taste and freshly ground pepper.
• In a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat and add the chopped onion, carrot and celery. Cook, stirring, until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes, and add the garlic and the red bell pepper. Cook, stirring, until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the beans with their liquid and the bouquet garni, and bring back to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer 1 hour, until the beans and vegetables are tender and the broth is aromatic. Taste and adjust salt. Add freshly ground pepper.
• Meanwhile, rinse out the saucepan you started the beans in, fill halfway with water and bring to a boil. Fill a bowl with ice water. When the water in the saucepan comes to a boil, add salt to taste and drop in the green beans. Boil 4 minutes, and then transfer the beans to the ice water without draining the pot, using a slotted spoon or strainer. Drain the beans and cut in 1-inch pieces. Bring the water in the saucepan back to a boil and shell and skin the favas.
• Shortly before serving the soup, stir in the chopped parsley and mint, add the green beans and skinned favas and simmer for a few minutes. Serve, topped with Parmesan cheese if desired.

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• Heat a small non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
• Add whole tomato to skillet and heat until skin is blistered and slightly charred, turning frequently.
• Cool tomato slightly and coarsely chop.
• In a large saucepan, combine tomato, onion, and garlic.
• Cook over medium heat until onion and garlic are softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in beans and broth, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, simmer 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat oven to 425°F Cut tortillas into strips and place in a single layer on a large baking sheet.
• Bake for 5 to 8 minutes or until crisp.
• To serve, ladle soup into bowls and top with tortilla strips and cheese.

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• In a Dutch oven, saute onion in oil. Add next 9 ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are tender. Add beans , and spinach; heat through.

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• Mix all ingredients in 3- or 4-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium heat.
• Cook 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender and soup is slightly thickened.

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• In a stockpot, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the tomatoes, consomme, water, barley, onion, salt, marjoram and thyme; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50 minutes., Stir in all the beans and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Sprinkle individual bowls with cheese.

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• Mix together green beans, wax beans, kidney beans, onion, sugar, vinegar, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Let set in refrigerator for at least 12 hours.

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• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook and crumble beef with bacon and onion over medium heat until beef is no longer pink; drain., Stir in sugars, ketchup, barbecue sauce, molasses, mustard, chili powder and salt until blended. Stir in beans. Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Bake, covered, until beans reach desired thickness, about 1 hour. , Freeze option: Freeze cooled bean mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary.

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• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium heat.
• Cook the onions, garlic, ginger and curry paste, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until softened.
• Add the tomatoes, chicken stock, water and lentils.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes or until the lentils are softened.
• Add the chick peas, kidney beans and black beans.
• Cook for 15 minutes or until heated through.
• Stir in the coriander, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

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• chop onions, celery, carrots and chorizo. place them into a large pot.
• add vegetable oil. let vegetables sweat for about 8-10 minutes.
• add beef broth and simmer for 20 minutes.
• In the meantime take the three cans of beans and place half of the beans from each can in the food processor.
• Add the remain half cans of whole beans into soup.
• Process beans until smooth, then add to soup, this will thicken the soup.
• Let simmer for another 10 - 15 minutes.
• Serve with garlic toast,if desired.

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• Quarter leeks lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1/2" pieces. Rinse leeks in a fine-mesh strainer and pat dry with paper towels. Smash garlic cloves with the flat side of a chef's knife and peel; set 2 cloves aside.
• Cook bacon in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium heat, stirring, until golden brown and starting to crisp, 8-10 minutes. Add smashed garlic and 2 Tbsp. oil and cook, stirring often, until garlic is just beginning to turn golden 3-4 minutes. Add leeks, chopped fennel, celery, thyme, bay leaf, and 1 Tbsp. salt. Cook, stirring often, until vegetables are beginning to soften, about 4 minutes. Add lima beans, red pepper flakes, and 6 cups water and bring to a simmer. Partially cover pot, reduce heat to low, and gently simmer, occasionally skimming and discarding any foam that rises to the surface, until beans are slightly crunchy but not quite creamy, 25 minutes. Add Romano beans and snap peas, return to a simmer, and continue to cook, adding just enough water to keep beans submerged, until dried beans are creamy and fresh beans are just cooked through, about 15 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, pulse dill, zest of whole lemon, fennel fronds, and 1 reserved garlic clove in a food processor until finely chopped. With the motor running, stream in 1/2 cup oil. Add 3/4 tsp. salt and squeeze in 2 tsp. lemon juice. Transfer pesto to a small bowl and set aside.
• Remove stew from heat and stir in crème fraîche, black pepper, and 4 tsp. lemon juice. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Rub bread with remaining garlic clove, drizzle with oil, and season lightly with salt.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Drizzle with pesto, then top with shaved Parmesan. Serve with garlic bread and remaining pesto alongside.