This is a list of notable bean soups, characterized by soups that use

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s as a primary ingredient.

Bean soups

* 15 Bean Soup – a packaged dry bean soup mix produced by the N.K. Hurst Co. in the United States *

Amish preaching soup Amish preaching soup is a type of bean soup in American cuisine. It was typically served preceding or following Amish church services. Some versions are prepared with beans and ham hocks. See also * List of bean soups * List of soups This i ...

– in American cuisine, it was typically served preceding or following Amish church services. Some versions are prepared with beans and

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Bissara Bissara, also known as Bessara, Besarah and Tamarakt (Arabic: "بصارة", Berber: "Tabissart" or "talkhcha") is a soup and a bean dip in North African cuisine, prepared with dried, puréed broad beans as a primary ingredient. Additional ingredi ...

– a soup and a

bean dip Bean dip is a type of dipping sauce made using beans or refried beans as a primary ingredient. It is typically served with tortilla chips, and can also be served with other foods such as crackers and crudités. Various types of beans are used, ...

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. Varieti ...

s as a primary ingredient. *

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Bob chorba Bob chorba ( bg, боб чорба; lit. "bean soup") is a chorba, a Bulgarian soup. It is made from dry beans, onions, tomatoes, chubritza or dzhodzhen ( spearmint) and carrots. Local variations may also exclude the carrots or include paprik ...

– 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. *

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 ...

– 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. ''sesquipedalis ...

soup with potatoes, bacon, and onions *

Dal In Indian cuisine, ''dal'' (also spelled ''daal'' or ''dhal''; pronunciation: , Hindi: दाल, Urdu: ) are dried, split pulses (e.g., lentils, peas, and beans) that do not require soaking before cooking. India is the largest producer of pu ...

, a term used for lentils, a dish of cooked lentils, and lentil soup on the Indian subcontinent *

Fasolada Fasolada ( el, φασολάδα) or fasoulada ( el, φασουλάδα) is a Greek, Mediterranean, and Cypriot soup of dry white beans, olive oil, and vegetables. It is sometimes called the "national food of the Greeks".Λεξικό της κο ...

– 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. * Frejon – a bean and coconut milk soup, it is consumed by some Christians on

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in various areas of the world *

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 juic ...

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

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and a common part of the cuisines of many Middle Eastern and African cultures. *

Hong dou tang Hong dou tang () is a popular Chinese dish served in Mainland China, and Taiwan. It is categorized as a ''tang shui'' 糖水 (pinyin: táng shuǐ) (literally translated as sugar water) or sweet soup. It is often served cold during the summer, and ...

– 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 ...

'' (literally translated as sugar water), or sweet soup. *

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 Sta ...

s * 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

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which is the tenth month in the Nepal Era lunar calendar. *

Pasulj Pasulj (from ''phaseolus''; ), grah () or grav () is a bean stew made of usually white, cranberry or pinto beans, and more rarely kidney beans that is a popular dish in Balkan cuisine. It is normally prepared with meat, particularly smoked meat su ...

– a bean soup made of usually white beans,

cranberry bean The borlotti bean is a variety of common bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris'') first bred in Colombia as the ''cargamanto''. It is also known as the cranberry bean, Roman bean, romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean a ...

s 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 d ...

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 Smoked meat is the result of a method of preparing red meat, white meat, and seafood which originated in the Paleolithic Era. Smoking adds flavor, improves the appearance of meat through the Maillard reaction, and when combined with curing it ...

such as smoked bacon, sausage, and ham hock. *

Pasta fagioli ''Pasta e fagioli'' (), meaning "pasta and beans", is a traditional Italian pasta soup. It is often called pasta fasul or pasta fazool in the New York Italian dialect, derived from its Neapolitan name, ''pasta e fasule''. Preparation Recipes fo ...

, an Italian soup of pasta and beans *

Pea soup Pea soup or split pea soup is soup made typically from dried peas, such as the split pea. It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures. It is most often greyish-green or yellow in color depending on the regional variety of pe ...

* Senate bean soup – served in the dining room of the

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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 ...

s, ham hocks, and onion. * Stew peas – a Jamaican stew prepared using coconut milk, beans and

salted meat Salt-cured meat or salted meat is meat or fish preserved or Curing (food preservation), cured with salt. Salting (food), Salting, either with edible salt, dry salt or brine, was a common method of preserving meat until the middle of the 20th ce ...

, it is a common in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean.

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{{Lists of prepared foods Bean soups

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