15 BEAN SOUP
For this second budget assignment, I chose to make bean soup, basically because I love cooking soups and it just feels right for this cold weather. I had bought this package of 15 different types of dry beans a while ago, and I thought it'd be nice to try them. I actually tried to cook the recipe indicated in the package, named "Hurst's Hambeens 15 Bean Soup". A version for this recipe can be found in the following link: https://hurstbeans.com/recipes/instant-pot-vegetarian-15-bean-soup
Ingredients
- 20 oz 15 bean package
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 14.5 oz can Diced Tomatoes
- Mixed spices= garlic powder, chili powder, chili flakes, pepper, bay leaf, oregano, cumin, salt.
- Lemon juice, amount of choice
- Cilantro for flavor
- 1 carton of vegetable broth
Process
I let the beans soak for 8 hrs with 8 cups of water. After that, I drained the water. I sauteed the diced onion and garlic. Once they were half-way cooked, I added the beans and the broth, with some additional water, and brought it to a boil, reduced heat and simmer covered for 1 1/2 hrs. I'd stir it occasionally. After this time, I added all the spices I had mixed up together. I did not specify the amounts because I like to correct the taste throughout the process, so I'm not quite sure how much I added of each spice. I also added the diced tomatoes and some lemon juice. I simmered it and covered for another 30 minutes.
Once I served it in a bowl, I added some fresh cilantro and more lemon juice, since I like acid taste. It was very very delicious.
I honestly think it is a very nutritious recipe, easy, and cheap. In the end, I had a lot of soup so I stored some in glass containers and froze them, so I have them ready for another day. The original recipe is different from what I made. They don't use vegetable broth to cook the beans, but water. And they don't use as many spices.
My only complaint is that beans have different sizes, so when you boil them, there will be some that we'll be ready before others and that's a bummer. Eventually, you'll find some of them being broken into pieces. But overall, really worth it!
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