Portuguese Red Bean Soup

Kim1's Note:

Mmmmmmmmm...........

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 4 stalks celery
• 4 tomatoes , skinned & seeded
• 1 potato , peeled
• 8 ounces kidney beans , soaked overnight
• 2 ounces olive oil
• 2 ounces butter
• 1 ¼ teaspoons paprika
• 2 quarts chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 mild chorizo sausage (or hot)
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt & pepper

Directions:

1. Finely chop all vegetables including tomatoes and potato. Drain soaked beans, discarding liquid.
2. In a medium pot, add olive oil and butter.
3. When oil is hot, add chopped carrot, onion, celery, tomatoes. Saute, but do not brown. Add chopped potato, paprika, and chicken stock.
4. When this reaches a boil, add kidney beans and turn down heat to a simmer. Add tomato paste .
5. Let cook 45-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. When beans are soft to the touch add sausage and cayenne pepper.
6. Season to taste.

Reviews

[Chef #1516179]

This is a great recipe. It's got tons of flavor, inexpensive ingredients, and it was very easy to make. I followed the other reviewers and used canned tomatoes and canned beans. I will be making this again for sure!

[Dizzyfreedom]

This soup is delicious. I used a can of petite diced tomatos instead of fresh tomatos and 8 cups of water instead of stock. Did everything else as directed. Thank you for sharing.