recipe · 0 min · serves 4
Easy White Bean Soup
How much does easy white bean soup cost?
About €1.25 per serving — €5.00 for all 4 servings at typical UK supermarket prices, roughly 296 kcal a serving.
Ingredients
- 1 lb cannellini beans
- 2 onion_unit onion
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 bell_pepper_unit bell pepper
- 0.33 cups tomato paste
- 2 carrot_unit carrot
- 6 cups water
- 1 tsp dried mint
- 0.5 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 parsley_unit parsley
Method
- Place beans in a large pot and cover with cold water. Soak for at least 4 hours or overnight. Drain and rinse, before you use in the soup.
- Chop one of the onions and leave the other one whole. Chop carrots.
- Heat oil on a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and carrots. Cook for 2 minutes. Add beans, water, peppers, head of onion, salt, pepper, summer savory, mint, thyme, Vegeta and tomato puree. Stir, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 2 hours, or until the beans are tender.
- Remove the peppers and whole onion. Mash the onion. Peel peppers and chop. Return to the pot.
- Add more salt and pepper, if needed. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve.
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