Red Bean Soup

"This is a thick, "stew like" soup - very meaty tasing, with little meat. I got this from my boyfriend's mom."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 15mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Boil the Adzuki beans until they are slightly soft.
  • Drain the water and rinse the beans, place them back in a large pot.
  • Chop up the carrots, celery, and onions, and place them in the pot with the beans.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients (spices, pork, water), except the sherry.
  • Mix the ingredients.
  • Cover and bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat and cook just under a boil for 2 to 3 hours (until beans are very soft, soup is thick and vegetables have thoroughly cooked).
  • Before serving, add the sherry and stir.
  • I like a particularly thick,"stew like" soup.
  • If you want a thinner soup, just add more water!
  • Also, I tend to add my spices liberally- just season to taste!
  • The pork is mainly to give flavour, so get something with a little fat on it!
  • Note: Adzuki beans are Japanese beans.
  • You can substitute with other beans, but the cooking time may vary.

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  1. Well 'Not a Cook', you can certainly cook up a tasty soup. This was thick, meaty and nourishing, and even the 'bean-hater' in the family scarfed it down. We used a meaty ham bone instead of pork, and took the meat off, cubed it and added it back to the soup before serving. Thanks for a good recipe.
     
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  1. Well 'Not a Cook', you can certainly cook up a tasty soup. This was thick, meaty and nourishing, and even the 'bean-hater' in the family scarfed it down. We used a meaty ham bone instead of pork, and took the meat off, cubed it and added it back to the soup before serving. Thanks for a good recipe.
     

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