Best Lima Bean Soup With Parmesan Bacon Crisp 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:

• 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.

CREAMY LIMA BEAN SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• In a skillet cook the bacon over moderate heat, turning it, until it is crisp, transfer it to paper towels to drain, and crumble it. Transfer 1 tablespoon of the fat to a heavy saucepan and in it cook the onion over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened. Add the broth, 1 cup water, and the lima beans, simmer the mixture for 8 minutes, or until the beans are tender, and season it with salt and pepper. In a food processor purée the soup, return it to the pan, and heat it over moderate heat until it is hot. Ladle the soup into 2 bowls and sprinkle the scallion green and the bacon over it.

LINDA'S LUSCIOUS LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Cook bacon until crisp. Crumble
• 2. In a slow cooker, mix the cooked bacon, lima beans, butter beans and liquid, potatoes, celery, onions, carrots, and butter.
• 3. Season with marjoram, salt, and pepper. Pour in the chicken broth.
• 4. Cover slow cooker, and cook soup 7 hours on Low.

LIMA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large (6 quart or larger) electric casserole, like a Crock-Pot, combine all ingredients except the light cream. Cook on low heat for 7 hours or until done. Cool slightly.
• Add the cream. Stir and serve.

LIMA BEAN SOUP WITH PARMESAN BACON CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large heavy-bottomed pot, cook onion in butter and oil over medium heat until translucent about 10 minutes. Add the carrot and celery and cook another 5 minutes.
• While vegetables are cooking, place lima beans in boiling water and cook until very soft about 10 minutes. Drain lima beans and add to the pot with the sliced apple. Pour in the chicken broth. Lower heat and simmer an additional 5 minutes. Then puree with a hand blender. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• For the Parmesan Bacon Crisp: Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Make 4 to 5 lines with the Parmesan, about 1-inch wide and 4-inches long. Sprinkle with bacon. Bake for about 7 to 10 minutes or until golden and crisp. Remove from oven and let cool. Peel crisp from foil and serve with soup.
• Cook's Note: For additional flavor, add an additional 1/2 cup of Parmesan and 1/4 cup bacon to the soup before pureeing. Also a dollop of sour cream adds a creamy finish to this healthy soup.
• This recipe was provided by a finalist, who may or may not be a professional cook, for The Next Food Network Star. Food Network has not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.