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baby lima bean soup

(4 ratings)
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Recipe by
Kim Biegacki
@KBPossible
Youngstown, OH

This is one of my favorite soups & I especially loved to order a bowl of it at my Aunt Linda's restaurant named after her husband Monty. I am a purist when it comes to Baby Lima Bean Soup and don't like to make it fancy but to keep it simple just like Monty's. I do add a few more seasonings for flavor but that's all. It's beautiful, pure flavors are worthy of savoring every bite. Now, when we have our holiday hams I carve them up with soup in mind making sure to be generous with the meat left on the bone for freezing. I look forward to the meals that will be made at a later date.

(4 ratings)
yield 8 - 10 servings
prep time 15 Min
cook time 2 Hr 30 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For baby lima bean soup

  • SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT
  • 1 lb
    baby lima beans, dried
  • 8 - 10 c
    water to cover
  • COOK BABY LIMA BEAN SOUP NEXT DAY
  • water to cover
  • 4 c
    vegetable broth
  • 1 md
    onion, diced
  • 4 - 5 md
    carrots, diced
  • 1 md
    meaty ham bone
  • 1 md
    sized piece of ham, you'll dice later
  • 2 - 3 clove
    garlic,minced
  • 1 tsp
    celery salt
  • 1 Tbsp
    dried celery flakes
  • salt & pepper

How To Make baby lima bean soup

  • 1
    Sort and rinse beans before soaking. Then place in a medium sized bowl the sorted beans and 7-8 cups of water.
  • 2
    Let them soak overnight.
  • 3
    Drain and rinse the baby lima beans.
  • 4
    Add to your cooking pan/pot, Ninja Cooking System or crockpot.
  • 5
    Add your vegetable broth, carrots, onions, garlic and the rest of the ingredients. Add water to cover ham bone. You'll cook your soup for 3 - 4 hours on a medium heat. Stirring occasionally and checking to see if you need to add any more water.
  • 6
    When soup is ready, I take out the ham bone and ham. I dice up the ham in small pieces and place back down in the soup. I usually put the ham bone back into the soup till I'm ready to freeze up what is left over.
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