Greek Bean Soup
"Just picture this hearty bean vegetable soup topped with feta cheese, fresh chopped tomato and parsley. Add pita bread, toasted and buttered for dunking."
photo by SonnyHavens
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup carrot, chopped
- 4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
- 1⁄8 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 (15 ounce) cans great northern beans or (15 ounce) cans navy beans, drained
- 2 cups cabbage, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 2 plum tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
directions
- In a large sauce pan saute onions, celery and carrots in oil over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Add broth, garlic, oregano and pepper and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
- Add beans and cabbage, and simmer 5 minutes.
- Add lemon juice and simmer 5 minutes.
- Ladle into individual soup bowls and top with cheese, tomato and parsley.
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Reviews
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This was great!!! I took Mirjam's lead and substituted veggie broth for the chicken broth. When I ran out of feta cheese [the next day], I substituted parmesean, and it was equally as wonderful!! Thank you for an easy, quick, nutritious and delicious soup, it really hit the spot!!! -
Simply superb! This was part of last night's dinner, and I brought the leftovers in for lunch, had to beat my co-workers off with a stick! I subbed veggie broth for the chicken broth to make it vegetarian, and added double the amount of feta cheese (the recipe calls for 1/4 for 4 people, I upped it to 1/2 a cup). Thanks Lorac, this a new one for my repetoire! -
This was great! My husband is sometimes very leery of 'unusual' things I make, and although this is unique (not unusual) he LOVED it and thought it was great! I also used the vegetable stock as an alternative. Superb! -
Outstanding soup, Carol. I made it for me and the husband to take to work for lunch. He is a big fan of your recipes by the way. ;) The seasonings were perfect and in good proportion. I would change absolutely nothing about this recipe. Very hearty, healthy, and filling. Thanks.
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This couldn't be better. I didn't make a single change and it came out perfectly.
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Tweaks
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5 stars with the lemon juice added just before serving. Do not leave it out it adds a nice freshness. I substituted a lot in this because I was using what I had on hand. I had pre-cooked small red beans the day before so that is what I used. Next time I want to try white beans as I think it will be even better with them. I didn't have any cabbage and I had some cauliflour so I used that but next time I will use cabbage. I replaced the dried oregano with marjoram as I have read that is a substitute for oregano and I didn't have any. I used freshly ground black pepper instead of white. I mixed in a 1/2 cup homemade tomato sauce which did have some additional garlic (I saw Recipe #10885 uses sauce). I added a couple extra tbs olive oil. and garnished with fresh parsley. I would make this again.
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