Country Style Bean Soup Recipe
Ingredients
| Lima beans | 21/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Water | 8 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 1/2 pound bulk pork sausage | ||
| Apples | 2 Medium, peeled | |
| 2 stalks celery, chopped (1 cup) | ||
| Onion | 1 Large, chopped | |
| Garlic | 1 Clove (5gm), minced | |
| 1 28-ounce can tomatoes, cut up | ||
| Brown sugar | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Prepared mustard | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Pepper | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
Directions
Rinse beans.
In 5-quart Dutch oven or kettle combine beans and water.
Bring to boiling.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Let stand, covered, for 1 hour.
{Or, soak beans in the water overnight in a covered pan.)
Do not drain.
Add 1 teaspoon salt.
Bring to boiling.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer beans for 1 hour.In skillet cook sausage, apples, celery, onion, and garlic till sausage is done; drain off fat.
Add sausage mixture to beans.
Stir in undrained tomatoes, brown sugar, mustard, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper.
Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer about 1 hour longer.
In 5-quart Dutch oven or kettle combine beans and water.
Bring to boiling.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Let stand, covered, for 1 hour.
{Or, soak beans in the water overnight in a covered pan.)
Do not drain.
Add 1 teaspoon salt.
Bring to boiling.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer beans for 1 hour.In skillet cook sausage, apples, celery, onion, and garlic till sausage is done; drain off fat.
Add sausage mixture to beans.
Stir in undrained tomatoes, brown sugar, mustard, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper.
Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer about 1 hour longer.
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