French Market Soup

Recipe Rating:	(45)
Categories:	Chicken Soups, Bean Soups
Collections:	Soup's On!
Serves:	8-10
Prep Time:	2 Hr
Cook Time:	6 Hr

Ingredients

2 c	15- bean dry bean mix
1 Tbsp	salt
3 c	water
1	hamhock or meaty ham bone
2	bay leaves
1 qt	tomatoes
2	chopped onions
2	garlic cloves
6	stalks chopped celery
1 dash(es)	cayenne pepper
1 lb	sliced turkey sausage
4-5	chicken thighs

Dana Kruckenberg

Cooked to Perfection

Riverside, CA (pop. 413,525)

Pinkladydana

Member Since Jan 2009

Dana's Notes:
French market soup is hearty, meaty, full of flavor and versatile. It's perfect for Christmas Eve get-togethers with family! I also use it to meet all of my late mother's Southern "good luck" menu requirements for New Year's Day.
(See Dana's Original Version of Recipe)

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

This soup is so good. It cooked all day and made the house smell simply wonderful. We all went back for seconds... In fact, my son and grandson both wanted to take it for lunch the next day!

[Read more about this recipe in Janet's Notebook!]

Latest Member Comment:
Lisa Morris [SouthernYankee] wrote "I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested..."

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Directions

Wash dry bean mixture, cover with water, add salt and put to soak in a very large bowl overnight. Drain and add 3 c. water, hamhock, and bay leaves. Simmer covered 3 hours.

Add tomatoes, onions, garlic cloves, celery. Add pinch cayenne. Simmer 1-1/2 hours uncovered.

Add smoked turkey sausage, chicken thighs. Cook until chicken falls off bones. Remove bones, return chicken to soup, season to taste, as needed, with some red chunky salsa, more salt, pepper, garlic powder, a squeeze of lime, etc. Enjoy! Reheats beautifully.

11 comments on "French Market Soup"

Jennifer Hooks chocolate_cutie

I really want to try this, it sound yummy!!! Do I add the raw chicken into the pot with the beans, or do I cook the chicken in a different pot and then add once done?

Dana Kruckenberg Pinkladydana

Hi Jennifer--just add the raw chicken to the pot--when it falls off the bone, the soup is done! Test while you stir opccasionally to keep the soup from scorching on the bottom.

Renata McAdams Renata

I make something similar to this for New Year's day. I just use black-eyed peas and the left over ham and ham bone. But, I like your idea of using the 15 bean, turkey sausage and chicken. Very hearty. Yummy! Can't wait to try your recipe.

DiAnn Matson djmatson06

Looking forward to trying this recipe. I love hearty soups and my family does too!

T.L. Barrett TLB960

Sep 7, 2010 6:16 AM

My other half is allergic to Celery - do you suggest something to replace it? Thanks :)

Anita Nelson Minoush

Oct 13, 2010 12:59 AM

I made a version of this but I use smoked turkey instead of ham. LOVE It!

Tina Watt Aleida

Nov 7, 2010 12:01 PM

My husband likes to cook big pots of soup (lucky me) when the weather gets cool. He asked me yesterday if I'd like him to make soup this weekend. So, I said, you bet! Would you be willing to try a new recipe? He took a look at the recipe and said, hmmm, this looks promising. It was just scrumptious! Keep those soup recipes coming! ;-}

Kitchen Crew JustaPinch

Tuesday, March 29 at 12:56 PM

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

Tara Pacheco tnj2008

Thursday, December 8 at 3:21 PM

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Lisa Morris SouthernYankee

Thursday, December 22 at 6:40 AM

My husband and I had this for supper last night, and it was very good. It is a very thick soup. Due to working a full-time job, I had to cook it over a couple of days, but it was worth it! My husband suggests serving it with a pan of warm cornbread.