Butter Bean Soup
Old fashioned butter bean soup is full of hearty veggies and creamy butter beans in a smoky broth seasoned with bacon and Cajun spices.
Servings: 6 -8 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon chopped
- 2 ribs of celery finely diced
- 2 carrots finely diced
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2, 14.5 ounce cans chicken broth
- 1/2 cup water
- 1, 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 2, 15 ounce cans butter beans drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- Louisiana style hot sauce to taste
Instructions
- In a large stock pot, fry the bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels for later use.
- Add the celery, carrots, onion and garlic to the bacon grease. Saute until the vegetables have softened, about 10 minutes.
- Stir the flour into the veggies. Gradually add the broth to the pan, stirring constantly and making sure to scrape the bottom of the pan. Add the water, diced tomatoes and cajun seasoning. Simmer 10 minutes.
- Add the bacon and drained butter beans to the soup. Heat through. Season to taste with hot sauce and serve.
Notes
For this recipe I recommend Slap Your Mama Cajun seasoning.