White Bean Minestrone Recipe
Ingredients
| Small white beans -1 cup | ||
| Water | 2 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Chicken or Minestrone Stock -1 cup | ||
| Pearl or long grain rice -1/2 cup | ||
| Large tomatoes -2, chopped | ||
| Carrots | 4 | |
| Green beans -1/2 cup cut into 1- to 2-inch pieces | ||
| Celery -4 stalks, sliced | ||
| Parsley | 1 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Parmesan cheese topping | ||
| Pesto Sauce topping | ||
Directions
MAKING
1. Take a saucepan and add beans and water into it and boil the mixture. Remove from heat source and keep it aside for about an hour or overnight.
2. Take a large saucepan and boil the stock and stir in beans and its soaking liquid.
3. Cook over low heat by keeping the saucepan covered for about 1 ½ hours until the beans turn soft.
4. Stir in tomatoes, rice and carrots and cook over low heat by covering the saucepan for 10 minutes.
5. Stir in celery, green beans, and parsley and cook over low heat by keeping the saucepan uncovered for additional 5 minutes.
6. Stir in ham.
SERVING
7. Serve the soup in warmed bowls and top it with a serving of Parmesan cheese and a spoon or tow of Pesto sauce.
1. Take a saucepan and add beans and water into it and boil the mixture. Remove from heat source and keep it aside for about an hour or overnight.
2. Take a large saucepan and boil the stock and stir in beans and its soaking liquid.
3. Cook over low heat by keeping the saucepan covered for about 1 ½ hours until the beans turn soft.
4. Stir in tomatoes, rice and carrots and cook over low heat by covering the saucepan for 10 minutes.
5. Stir in celery, green beans, and parsley and cook over low heat by keeping the saucepan uncovered for additional 5 minutes.
6. Stir in ham.
SERVING
7. Serve the soup in warmed bowls and top it with a serving of Parmesan cheese and a spoon or tow of Pesto sauce.
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