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lima bean soup

Lima Bean Soup

5 from 1 vote
Hearty and delicious soup that you can feel good about eating. Great for meal preparation ahead of time. Stores great and gets better with time. You will need very few ingredients plus some spices.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Soak beans 1 day
Total Time 1 day 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Polish
Calories: 434
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package dry baby lima beans 460 g
  • 1 package smoked turkey sausage 14 oz/392 g
  • 12 slices bacon 90 g
  • 30 oz San Marzano style peeled canned tomatoes like Nina 840 g
  • 18 oz onion - one large onion 500 g
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 4 quarters water (add as much as you need as you cook for desired consistency) or chicken stock
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 5 allspice berries-
  • 2 tbs or more marjoram
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Soak beans overnight
  2. Drain water
    drain the water
  3. Add beans to a big pot and add water (or chicken stock)
  4. Add salt, pepper and spices and spring it to boil, cover
  5. In the meantime, chop sausage and bacon
  6. Add bacon to a heated pan and render the fat
  7. Add sausage and fry in bacon fat
    sausage and bacon
  8. Chop onion and add to bacon and sausage and sauté until soft
    chop onion
  9. Add tomatoes, season with salt and pepper and cook for 10 minutes
    add tomatoes
  10. Add marjoram
    add marjoram
  11. When the beans are almost done (soft) add the tomato and sausage stew
    add tomatoes to beans
  12. Cook for 30 minutes to an hour until beans are completely soft and soup thickens