Green Bean Soup
"A hearty soup that was a favorite when I was a child. You won't believe how good this tastes from the simple ingredient list!!!!!! Kudos to my Grandmother who was a great cook. I miss you."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4-8
ingredients
- 1 medium onion (yellow or white)
- 4 1 lb pole beans or 1 lb greasy back beans
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons shortening or 2 tablespoons bacon grease
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon vinegar (optional)
directions
- add beans to pot with packing liquid. or water.
- Thinly slice or dice onion and add to pot.
- Add bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste and paprika.
- Bring to boil then reduce to simmer, cook for 30 minutes for fresh or 10 minutes for canned.
- Heat shortening or bacon grease in pan, add flour and cook rue for several minutes.
- Add sour cream to rue and stir until combined.
- Add mixture to pot.
- Vinegar will give the soup extra bite. Add now.
- Bring to a boil to thicken soup, stir well for two minutes then serve.
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Reviews
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Thank you Mark for sharing your Grandmother's recipe! Instead of water I used chicken broth and loved the addition of the sour cream and flour mixture. Very easy to make! (Made and reviewed for Pick A Chef 2007)
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Thank you Mark for sharing your Grandmother's recipe! Instead of water I used chicken broth and loved the addition of the sour cream and flour mixture. Very easy to make! (Made and reviewed for Pick A Chef 2007)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mark Kovach
Westland, Michigan
I was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Miami, Florida in 1976. I moved to Franklin, NC at the beginning of 2005 and back to Detroit 12 years later. My "fun" interests include reading (science fiction mostly), movies and television (again, I love sci fi), cooking (and eating it, but need to go on a diet (LOL), collecting 60's music, and watching my children grow. My all time favorite cookbook is the Betty Crocker Home cookbook. I have a great Hungarian cookbook that has all the recipes that I remember from my childhood being prepared by my Grandparents and my Mother.
