This is a list of notable bean soups, characterized by soups that use
bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes t ...
s as a primary ingredient.
Bean soups
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15 Bean Soup
15 Bean Soup is a packaged dry bean soup product from Indianapolis-based N.K. Hurst Co. According to company president Rick Hurst, it is the #1 selling dry bean soup in the U.S.
Ingredients
Every package of 15 Bean Soup includes a seasoning pack ...
– a packaged dry bean soup mix produced by the N.K. Hurst Co. in the United States
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Amish preaching soup – in American cuisine, it was typically served preceding or following Amish church services.
Some versions are prepared with beans and
ham hock
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A ham hock (or hough) or pork knuckle is the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the hog's leg. It is the portion of the leg that is neither part of the ham proper no ...
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Bissara – a soup and a
bean dip in African cuisine, prepared with dried, puréed
broad bean
''Vicia faba'', commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Var ...
s as a primary ingredient.
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Black bean soup
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Bob chorba – a national Bulgarian dish, the name translates to "bean soup".
It is prepared using dried beans, onions, tomatoes,
chubritza or dzhodzhen (
spearmint
Spearmint, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is a species of mint, ''Mentha spicata'' (, native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east. It is nat ...
) and carrots.
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Bouneschlupp
Bouneschlupp is a traditional Luxembourgish green bean soup with potatoes, bacon, and onions.
Although ''Bouneschlupp'' is considered a Luxembourgish national dish, it can also be found in Saarland (Germany), Gaume, Arelerland (Belgium), and L ...
– a traditional Luxemburgish
green bean
Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean ('' Phaseolus vulgaris''), although immature or young pods of the runner bean ('' Phaseolus coccineus''), yardlong bean ( ''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''sesquipedali ...
soup with potatoes, bacon, and onions
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Dal, a term used for lentils, a dish of cooked lentils, and lentil soup on the Indian subcontinent
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Fasolada – a Greek, Levantine, and Cypriot soup of dry
white bean
''Phaseolus vulgaris'', the common bean, is a herbaceous annual plant grown worldwide for its edible dry seeds or green, unripe pods. Its leaf is also occasionally used as a vegetable and the straw as fodder. Its botanical classification, alo ...
s, olive oil, and vegetables, sometimes called the "national food of the Greeks".
* Fazulnica - a
Moravian popular soup made from smoked meat broth, lard, onion, garlic, marjoram, brown beans and peppers. Add cut smoked and boiled meat and beans.
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Frejon
Frejon (From ''Feijão'', which is the Portuguese word for beans) is a coconut milk and bean soup which is eaten especially during Holy Week by a selection of Christians, mostly Catholics, across the world. Countries where Frejon is popular include ...
– a bean and coconut milk soup, it is consumed by some Christians on
Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Ho ...
in various areas of the world
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Ful medames
Ful medames ( ar, فول مدمس, ' ; other spellings include ''ful mudammas'' and '' foule mudammes''), or simply fūl, is a stew of cooked fava beans served with olive oil, cumin, and optionally with chopped parsley, garlic, onion, lemon juice, ...
is a fava beans stew served with vegetable oil, cumin, and optionally with chopped parsley, garlic, onion, lemon juice, and chili pepper. It is a staple food in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
and a common part of the cuisines of many Middle Eastern and African cultures.
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Hong dou tang – or red bean soup is a popular Chinese dish served in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It is categorized as a ''
tang shui
''Tong sui'' (; ), also known as ''tim tong'', is a collective term for any sweet, warm soup or custard served as a dessert at the end of a meal in Cantonese cuisine. ''Tong sui'' are a Cantonese specialty and many varieties are rarely foun ...
'' (literally translated as sugar water), or sweet soup.
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Jókai bean soup
Jókai bean soup is a Hungarian bean soup.
Origin
The soup was named after Jókai Mór, a Hungarian writer. Jókai was a regular guest at a restaurant in Balatonfüred, where he almost always ordered bean soup, which was subsequently named ...
– a Hungarian soup prepared using
pinto bean
The pinto bean () is a variety of common bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris''). In Spanish they are called , literally "painted bean" (compare pinto horse). It is the most popular bean by crop production in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United ...
s
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Kwati – a mixed soup prepared using nine types of
sprouted beans, it is a traditional Nepalese dish consumed on the festival of Gun Punhi, the full moon day of
Gunlā which is the tenth month in the Nepal Era lunar calendar.
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Pasulj – a bean soup made of usually white beans,
cranberry beans or pinto beans, and more rarely
kidney bean
The kidney bean is a variety of the common bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris''). It resembles a human kidney and thus is named after such. Red kidney beans should not be confused with other red beans, such as adzuki beans.
Classification
There are ...
s, that is common in Serbian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Croatian and Slovenian cuisines. It is a common winter dish, and is typically prepared with meat, particularly
smoked meat such as smoked bacon, sausage, and ham hock.
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Pasta fagioli, an Italian soup of pasta and beans
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Pea soup
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Senate bean soup
United States Senate Bean Soup or simply Senate bean soup is a soup made with navy beans, ham hocks, and onion. It is served in the dining room of the United States Senate every day, in a tradition that dates back to the early 20th century. The ...
– served in the dining room of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and ...
every day, in a tradition that dates back to the early 20th century, it is prepared using
navy bean
The navy bean, haricot, pearl haricot bean, Boston bean, white pea bean, or pea bean is a variety of the common bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris'') native to the Americas, where it was first domesticated. It is a dry white bean that is smaller than m ...
s, ham hocks, and onion.
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Stew peas
Stew peas is a Jamaican stew prepared using coconut milk, beans and salted meat. It is a common dish in Jamaica.
Overview
Stew peas is a Jamaican stew dish prepared using coconut milk, gungo peas (pigeon peas) or red peas ( kidney beans), un ...
– a Jamaican stew prepared using coconut milk, beans and
salted meat
Salt-cured meat or salted meat is meat or fish preserved or cured with salt. Salting, either with dry salt or brine, was a common method of preserving meat until the middle of the 20th century, becoming less popular after the advent of refri ...
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it is a common in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean.
See also
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List of legume dishes
This is a list of legume dishes. A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their food grain seed (e.g. beans and lentils, or generally pulse ...
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List of soups
This is a list of notable soups. Soups have been made since Ancient history, ancient times.
Some soups are served with large chunks of meat or vegetables left in the liquid, while others are served as a broth. A broth is a flavored liquid usua ...
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Soup beans Soup beans is a term common in the Southern United States, particularly the regions around the Appalachian Mountains. Soup beans are usually served with cornbread, greens (such as boiled cabbage, cauliflower, or sauerkraut and sausage), and potatoe ...
– a bean dish
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References
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Bean soups
Bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes t ...