Bean, Sausage, and Sweet Potato Soup |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 16 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A comfort soup at its best! Great in fall and winter Ingredients:
5 1/2 cups water |
1 1/2 cups dry great northern beans |
3 cloves garlic, minced |
1 bay leaf |
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice |
2 cups chicken broth |
1 tablespoon tomato paste |
1 tablespoon water |
1/4 lb italian sausage, cut into 1/2 ",pieces |
1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce |
1 lb sweet potato |
3 green onions |
salt |
ground black pepper |
Directions:
1. In a 4 qt saucepan, combine the beans, garlic, bay leaf, allspice, broth and 5 1/2 cups water.
2. Cook, partially covered, until beans are tender, about 50 minutes.
3. Discard bay leaf.
4. In a blender puree 1 cup cooked beans with 1 cup cooking liquid, and return to pan.
5. In a small bowl, stir together tomato paste and 1 Tbs water and stir into beans with sausage and Worcestershire sauce.
6. Simmer soup, covered, for 15 minutes.
7. Soup may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead.
8. While soup is simmering, peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1/2 pieces.
9. Steam until tender, about 10 minutes.
10. Stir potatoes, 3 chopped scallions, and salt and pepper to taste into soup.
11. Serve soup garnished with scallion greens.
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