Best Barbs Butter Bean Or Lima Bean Soup Recipes

LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, combine the first 12 ingredients; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-35 minutes or until vegetables are tender. , Add cream; heat through but do not boil. Sprinkle with bacon just before serving.

LUSCIOUS LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add dry lima beans, and boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow the beans to sit, covered, for 1 to 2 hours to soften. Drain and rinse until water runs clear, discarding bean water.
• In a soup pot, saute vegetables in olive oil until onions and celery are translucent. Add lima beans, and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes.
• In the meantime, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the vegetable bouillon to the boiling water, and stir until dissolved. Add broth to the sauteed vegetables and beans. Add remaining water, and allow soup to simmer over a low flame for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Serve steaming hot.

LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Firstly, soak the dried beans overnight in a large bowl with plenty of cold water. The next day, drain the beans and place them in a pot with enough fresh water to cover them. Cook over low heat until half tender, about 30 minutes, drain and set aside.
• Warm the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the onion and cook, stirring often, until the onion is turning translucent (5 minutes).
• Add garlic, dried herbs, paprika and stir to enhance all the flavors for about 1 minute.
• Stir in the beans, tomato sauce, broth, tomato paste, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Raise the heat and bring to the boil. Then reduce to maintain a gentle simmer, cover the pot, and cook for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Optional step: turn the heat off and let it cool slightly. Then transfer 2 cups of the soup to a stand blender, whizz until smooth and return it to the pot (an immersion blender works fine, but make sure you blend the soup partially, not all of it). And be careful because it's still hot.
• Stir in the chopped parsley, toss until well combined, taste and adjust the seasoning to your taste if needed. Serve with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, crusty bread, and a pinch of chilli flakes if you wish. Enjoy!

VEGETARIAN BUTTER BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large soup or stock pot, cook the celery, carrots and onion in olive oil or vegetable oil over medium-high heat until soft, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Next, add the flour and whisk it well to coat the vegetables for one minute. Gradually add the water, stirring and continuing to whisk together until smooth.
• Next, drain and rinse the canned butter beans. Add the butter beans to the pot, then add in the diced tomatoes, basil and salt, and pepper, and bring the mixture to a boil, giving it a good stir.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and allow the soup to simmer for about 20 to 25 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally.
• Taste, and adjust the seasonings to taste, adding a bit more salt and pepper as desired. Out of basil? Just about any Italian seasoning will do in place of the basil. Swap it out for an Italian herb blend, some parsley, or even rosemary.
• Enjoy!

BARBS BUTTER BEAN OR LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Put beans into large soup pot cover with water bring to a boil for 2 minutes, turn off heat and let set for 1 hour, Drain off water.
• Add the 6 cups water to the beans and bring to a boil & simmer; at this point if I an using ham or ham hocks I put them in a smaller saucepan and cook them until done.
• When beans are starting to get tender add ham (& broth from ham) or Kielbasa, tomatoes, onion , carrots, celery and simmer until done.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste: also for a thicker soup add the 2 tablespoons flour to a little water, add to soup and simmer, check seasonings.

LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place rinsed lima beans and 2 quartered onions in a 6 quart pot.
• Fill with water until 2 inches from top.
• Bring to boil over medium heat.
• Once soup comes to boil, reduce heat and simmer 4 hours, stirring occasionally, replacing water as needed to keep at 2 inches from top of pot.
• After 4 hours place diced potatoes to soup and continue to simmer 1 more hour.
• Brown bacon pieces in frying pan, reserving all drippings.
• Slowly add browned bacon pieces and 3/4 of drippings to soup.
• Stir flour to remaining drippings in frying pan and stir till smooth.
• Add flour and dripping mixture to soup and stir well.
• Salt and pepper to taste, simmer for 5 minutes and serve.

BUTTER BEAN AND LEEK SOUP (LIMA BEANS)

Steps:

• Pick over beans wash and soak overnight.
• Chop onion and dice the carrot.
• Melt the butter and oil together and saute the onion until transparent.
• Drain the beans and add to the pot with the measured water and all the remaining ingredients except the parsley.
• simmer for about an hour until beans are soft and adjust the seasoning.
• sprinkle with parsley and enjoy.

LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onion and cook until onion is translucent, stirring occasionally.
• Add tomatoes with their liquid, pinto beans, lima beans, brown sugar, salt and water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 minutes or until lima beans are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in white kidney beans, heat through.
• To serve, ladle soup into warm serving bowl; sprinkle with 1 to 2 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese if desired.

HEARTY LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water to cover by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1 hour. Drain and discard liquid; return beans to pan. , Add ham bone and 2-1/2 qt. water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours. , Debone ham and cut meat into chunks; return to pan. Add celery and carrots. Cover and simmer for 1 hour or until beans are tender. , In a small skillet, saute garlic in butter for 1 minute. Stir in the flour, salt, pepper and paprika. Add cold water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add to the soup with tomatoes; simmer for 10 minutes or until heated through.

NOTHIN' MUCH LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large cooking pot and simmer for about 3 hours, covered, stirring occasionally.
• When the beans are tender, the soup is done.