Brenebon soup or bruinebonensoep is a
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
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soup
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients of meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ing ...
commonly found in the Eastern
Indonesia,
more often specifically associated with
Manado cuisine of
North Sulawesi.
The soup is made from kidney beans with vegetables served in
broth seasoned with
garlic
Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion and Allium chinense, Chinese onion. It is native to South A ...
,
pepper
Pepper or peppers may refer to:
Food and spice
* Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant
** Black pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
** Bell pepper
** Chili ...
and other spices.
Origin
The dish is derived from
Dutch Cuisine influence on
colonial Indonesia, adopted by people of Eastern Indonesian provinces. The name "brenebon" is local Manado pronunciation of
Dutch ''bruine bonen''; ''bruine'' means "brown", while '' bonen'' means "beans", thus ''bruine bonen'' means "brown beans" or "red beans" (kidney beans).
Ingredients
The meat used for brenebon is usually washed and soaked in water overnight. The meat is then boiled until tender. The kidney beans are then boiled in the broth with spices, typically
shallot,
garlic
Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion and Allium chinense, Chinese onion. It is native to South A ...
,
salt,
sugar
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,
pepper
Pepper or peppers may refer to:
Food and spice
* Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant
** Black pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
** Bell pepper
** Chili ...
,
nutmeg, and
clove
Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, ''Syzygium aromaticum'' (). They are native to the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice, flavoring or fragrance in consumer products, ...
. Then, vegetables such as
green beans,
celery, and
scallion are added.
Then the soup is usually served with
steamed rice and
sambal.
In its original Dutch and Minahasa version,
pig trotters are usually employed as the base of rich and thick soup
broth.
The rich gelatinous pig trotters gives the broth a thick and glistening texture. Since this soup is also popular across Indonesia as everyday soup served in common Indonesian households, various versions exist. This include a
halal version, which replaces pork trotters with
cow's trotters, ribs or bony parts of
beef.
A variant called ''sayur asem kacang merah'' uses beef-based broth and
tamarind-based soup similar to ''
sayur asem'' to add sour freshness.
See also
*
List of soups
*
Brongkos
References
External links
Brenebon soup recipeBrenebon soup cooking video
{{Indonesian cuisine
Manado cuisine
Dutch fusion cuisine
Indonesian soups
