Best veggie bean soup recipes

[umsami]

Looking for vegetarian bean soup recipes.  Already have a great red lentil, would like to find a good black bean, white/navy bean, and split pea soup recipe.

 

DS1 wants to be a vegetarian and he loves bean soup. :)

[MEmama]

For split pea...

Boil 6-8 cups water with 1-2 cups split peas and one whole dried ancho pepper, about an hour or two until soft and puréed looking. Add water as necessary (probably a lot). Sauté a diced onion, plenty of garlic to taste, and a couple of diced carrots and add to soup. Add a couple diced potatoes and simmer until satisfied with the texture and softness of veggies. Add salt and black pepper to taste, and remove pepper.

 

Hope that makes sense! I'm useless at following recipes and just go by what I like. This one get raves. :) I usually serve with cornbread.

[Laura Corin]

There are some good veggie minestrone recipes around.  Here's one.

[MEmama]

Pinto bean stew with cornbread dumplings (could substitute black beans):

 

2 cans pinto beans, drained

6-8 cups water

1medium onion, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

1 c frozen corn

2+ cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp cumin

oregano to taste

Salt to taste

 

Cook an hour or until you are happy with it. :)

 

Dumplings:

 

1/2 c. all purpose flour

1/2 c cornmeal

1/2 tsp baking soda

Dash salt

2 tbsp. cold butter, cut into cubes

1/2 cup buttermilk (regular milk works too)

 

Whisk dry ingredients together, then add butter using a fork, your fingers or a pastry blender until it resembles a coarse meal. Add buttermilk and stir to form a dough.

 

When soup is done, use generous tablespoons full of dumpling dough and gently place on top of soup (they might sink initially--that's fine). You should have 8 or so dumplings on top of soup. Cover and simmer gently 15 minutes.

 

This one is super duper simple but the dumplings make it feel fancier. :)

Enjoy!

[MEmama]

This one uses more cans than I normally use, but it's great for a night when dinner has to be really fast:

 

Pumpkin chili:

 

1 medium onion, diced

1 14 oz can diced or crushed tomatoes

1 cup canned pumpkin purée

1 15 oz can black or pinto beans

1 canned chipotle pepper in ancho sauce (not the whole can!!!)

1/2 cup uncooked bulgur or quinoa

 

Simmer everything until you are happy with it. Avocado makes a yummy garnish to this sometimes spicy soup. :)

[EKS]

Black Bean Soup

 

2 onions, chopped

4 cloves of garlic, run through garlic press

4 tsp ground cumin

4 stalks celery, chopped

6 carrots, chopped

6-8 cups of vegetable broth

6 cans of black beans, drained and rinsed

Juice from two limes

1 6 oz can of tomato paste

olive oil as needed for frying

Salsa, sour cream, and/or chopped cilantro are good to serve on top, but not necessary

 

In a large stockpot, heat the oil, onion, and garlic, and cook until tender.  Stir in cumin and cook for 1 minute.  Add celery, carrots, stock, and beans.  Heat to boiling.  Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 25 minutes.  Stir in lime juice and tomato paste.  You can use an immersion blender to puree the soup if you like a smooth consistency, but we just eat it chunky.

 

 

 

[Joyofsixreboot]

I make this minus the pork. I sub whatever beans I want.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/hearty-minestrone