La Paz Road Bean Soup

Diane Rhodes
Diane Rhodes @cook_3768282
Los Angeles, California

This soup is a combination of using what was on hand, while I wasn't in my own kitchen, and a serendipity-find at the local market -- fresh Borlotti beans in the shell! You could use dried cranberry beans, or even good quality canned beans (light red kidney or cannellini).

La Paz Road Bean Soup

This soup is a combination of using what was on hand, while I wasn't in my own kitchen, and a serendipity-find at the local market -- fresh Borlotti beans in the shell! You could use dried cranberry beans, or even good quality canned beans (light red kidney or cannellini).

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 mins
4 servings
  1. Ingredients
  2. 1 tbspEV olive oil
  3. 2diced carrots, amount divided in half
  4. 1 stalkcelery, diced
  5. 1/3 mediumyellow onion, diced
  6. 1 stalkfresh rosemary, to be removed before serving
  7. 1 cupfresh shelled cranberry beans (or canned bean, like cannellini -- if using, drain first)
  8. 2 quartwater or enough to cover the beans by ~ 1.5 inches)
  9. 1/4red onion, diced
  10. 1 smalltomato, chopped
  11. 1 mediumdiced zucchini
  12. 1/4 cupwheat, corn or rice small pasta -- shells or elbows
  13. 1 pinchdried lemongrass (trust me!)
  14. 1 tbspsoy sauce
  15. 1Black pepper, to taste
  16. 1 pinchcrushed red pepper, optional!

Cooking Instructions

1 hour 30 mins
  1. 1

    Soften half the carrots, all the diced yellow onions and celery in the EVOO. When translucent, add rosemary and the beans, and cover with ~2" water. Let simmer for 45-minutes to 1 hour, until the beans are soft and the liquid is thickened from the beans.

  2. 2

    Add the remaining carrot, tomato, and zucchini, diced, to the pot and let simmer for an additional 15-20 minutes. When vegetables are tender, add the small pasta and the final seasonings -- red crushed pepper, soy sauce and lemongrass. When the pasta is tender, it?s ready to serve.

  3. 3

    I also add a twist of two of dried porcini mushrooms from my grinder, but if you don't have it, don't worry. Fresh mushrooms don't really work well here.

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