Fassoulada (Greek Bean Soup)
"This classic Greek vegetarian soup is simple to make. Serve it with lots of fresh crusty bread. From Modern Greek."
photo by Charlotte J
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 lb dried white bean, soaked overnight
- 1 large yellow onion, peeled & roughly chopped
- 3 carrots, peeled & sliced
- 3 stalks celery, strings removed & sliced
- 1 red ripe tomatoes, peeled seeded & roughly chopped or (15 ounce) can peeled tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Drain beans and place in large saucepan.
- Cover with cold water and bring to a boil, skimming off any froth with a slotted spoon.
- Add all other ingredients except salt and pepper.
- Simmer for 1-1/2 hours or until tender.
- Allow to cool slightly.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve.
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Reviews
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The dried beans were ready to cook last night, but I was not. I drained them and placed into an air tight container. This afternoon I finished assembling the soup. It went together very fast. I think I'd like to add the parsley the last 10 minutes of cooking. Thank you for posting. Made for team Soup-A-Stars during ZWT9 2013 -
This was an excellent soup for a "chilly" day in Florida this winter. My sis found the recipe and added zucchini which made it all the better since we were getting extra greens. -
Dreamer this is one good soup! I also used vegetable broth instead of water and 3 tablespoons of dried minced onion. Did forget about the broth and over salted a bit so do be careful if you sub with broth. The soup has a great flavor, strong and hearty but not overwhelming. Perfect comfort food and I will be making it again this fall. -
I almost always make my bean soups with canned beans, but decided to follow this recipe right on down (well, almost, anyway, but I did use a vegetable stock instead of just water when cooking the beans), & we were most happy with the resulting soup! Fortunately for me I'm the one who has a copy of the recipe now, 'cause after tasting it, my son & DIL managed to walk away with half of it! Not something you can make at a moment's notice, but this is definitely a keeper of a recipe ~ Absolutely wonderful tasting soup! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe] -
This is really delicious. DH, DD (toddler) & I throughly enjoyed this one. I used about a quarter homemade chicken stock for the liquid and that probably didn't do much but it ended up so flavourful anyway. I used white navey beans, I actually didn't have any celery so I added just a little celery seeds for the flavour. I used a good canned plum tomatoes to success, lastly I used sea salt and the rest as listed. I will make this again. Made for Family Picks ZWT6, Greece/Cyprus region, for my team, The Ya Ya Cookerhood.
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Dreamer this is one good soup! I also used vegetable broth instead of water and 3 tablespoons of dried minced onion. Did forget about the broth and over salted a bit so do be careful if you sub with broth. The soup has a great flavor, strong and hearty but not overwhelming. Perfect comfort food and I will be making it again this fall.
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I almost always make my bean soups with canned beans, but decided to follow this recipe right on down (well, almost, anyway, but I did use a vegetable stock instead of just water when cooking the beans), & we were most happy with the resulting soup! Fortunately for me I'm the one who has a copy of the recipe now, 'cause after tasting it, my son & DIL managed to walk away with half of it! Not something you can make at a moment's notice, but this is definitely a keeper of a recipe ~ Absolutely wonderful tasting soup! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]
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Really enjoyed this. . .but then you know I am a sucker for veggie/bean soup! I did cheat and used veggie broth instead of the water to boil. Instead of regular tomato paste, I used sundried tomato paste (don't think it made a difference here). I added some fresh chopped spinach and some mushrooms that needed a home. Instead of regular salt, I added Greek Seasoning which has salt in it. I really liked it!!! Made for my SSaSSy teammate for ZWT6, Greece.
