This is a list of notable bean soups, characterized by soups that use
bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...
s as a primary ingredient.
Bean soups
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15 Bean Soup
15 Bean Soup is a packaged dry bean soup product from Indianapolis-based N.K. Hurst Co. According to company president Rick Hurst, it is the #1 selling dry bean soup in the U.S.
Ingredients
Every package of 15 Bean Soup includes a seasoning pac ...
– a packaged dry bean soup mix produced by the N.K. Hurst Co. in the United States
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Amish preaching soup – in American cuisine, it was typically served preceding or following Amish church services.
Some versions are prepared with beans and
ham hocks.
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Bissara – a soup and a
bean dip in African cuisine, prepared with dried, puréed
broad beans as a primary ingredient.
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Black bean soup
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Bob chorba – a national Bulgarian dish, the name translates to "bean soup".
It is prepared using dried beans, onions, tomatoes,
chubritza or dzhodzhen (
spearmint) and carrots.
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Bouneschlupp – 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. ''sesquipedali ...
soup with potatoes, bacon, and onions
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Dal, a term used for lentils, a dish of cooked lentils, and lentil soup on the Indian subcontinent
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Fasolada – a Greek, Levantine, and Cypriot soup of dry
white beans, 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.
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Frejon
Frejon (From ''Feijão'', which is the Portuguese word for beans) is a coconut milk and bean soup which is eaten especially during Holy Week by a selection of Christians, mostly Catholics, across the world. Countries where Frejon is popular include ...
– a bean and coconut milk soup, it is consumed by some Christians on
Good Friday in various areas of the world
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Ful medames 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
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
and a common part of the cuisines of many Middle Eastern and African cultures.
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Hong dou tang – 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 foun ...
'' (literally translated as sugar water), or sweet soup.
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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 beans
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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
Gunlā which is the tenth month in the Nepal Era lunar calendar.
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Pasulj – 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 al ...
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 ar ...
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 such as smoked bacon, sausage, and ham hock.
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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
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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 ...
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Senate bean soup
United States Senate Bean Soup or simply Senate bean soup is a soup made with navy beans, ham hocks, and onion. It is served in the dining room of the United States Senate every day, in a tradition that dates back to the early 20th century. The ...
– served in the dining room of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and po ...
every day, in a tradition that dates back to the early 20th century, it is prepared using
navy beans, ham hocks, and onion.
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Stew peas
Stew peas is a Jamaican stew prepared using coconut milk, beans and salted meat. It is a common dish in Jamaica.
Overview
Stew peas is a Jamaican stew dish prepared using coconut milk, gungo peas (pigeon peas) or red peas (kidney beans), uncured ...
– a Jamaican stew prepared using coconut milk, beans and
salted meat,
it is a common in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean.
See also
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List of legume dishes
This is a list of legume dishes. A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their food grain seed (e.g. beans and lentils, or generally pul ...
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List of soups
This is a list of notable soups. Soups have been made since Ancient history, ancient times.
Some soups are served with large chunks of meat or vegetables left in the liquid, while others are served as a broth. A broth is a flavored liquid usua ...
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Soup beans – a bean dish
Notes
References
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Bean soups
Bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...