baby lima bean soup

Name: Baby Lima Bean Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ## SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT; 1 pound(s) baby lima beans, dried; 8 - 10 cup(s) water to cover; ## COOK BABY LIMA BEAN SOUP NEXT DAY; - water to cover; 4 cup(s) vegetable broth; 1 medium onion, diced; 4 - 5 medium carrots, diced; 1 medium meaty ham bone; 1 medium sized piece of ham, you'll dice later; 2 - 3 clove(s) garlic,minced; 1 teaspoon(s) celery salt; 1 tablespoon(s) dried celery flakes; - salt & pepper

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Kim Campbell

Youngstown, OH

Updated on Aug 24, 2013

This is one of my favorite soups & I especially loved to order a bowl of it at my Aunt Linda's restaurant named after her husband Monty. I am a purist when it comes to Baby Lima Bean Soup and don't like to make it fancy but to keep it simple just like Monty's. I do add a few more seasonings for flavor but that's all. It's beautiful, pure flavors are worthy of savoring every bite. Now, when we have our holiday hams I carve them up with soup in mind making sure to be generous with the meat left on the bone for freezing. I look forward to the meals that will be made at a later date.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 2 Hr 30 Min

method Stove Top

yield 8 - 10 servings

Ingredients

SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT
1 pound baby lima beans, dried
8 - 10 cups water to cover
COOK BABY LIMA BEAN SOUP NEXT DAY
- water to cover
4 cups vegetable broth
1 medium onion, diced
4 - 5 medium carrots, diced
1 medium meaty ham bone
1 medium sized piece of ham, you'll dice later
2 - 3 cloves garlic,minced
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 tablespoon dried celery flakes
- salt & pepper

How To Make baby lima bean soup

Step 1

Sort and rinse beans before soaking. Then place in a medium sized bowl the sorted beans and 7-8 cups of water.

Step 2

Let them soak overnight.
Step 3

Drain and rinse the baby lima beans.
Step 4

Add to your cooking pan/pot, Ninja Cooking System or crockpot.
Step 5

Add your vegetable broth, carrots, onions, garlic and the rest of the ingredients. Add water to cover ham bone. You'll cook your soup for 3 - 4 hours on a medium heat. Stirring occasionally and checking to see if you need to add any more water.
Step 6

When soup is ready, I take out the ham bone and ham. I dice up the ham in small pieces and place back down in the soup. I usually put the ham bone back into the soup till I'm ready to freeze up what is left over.
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