German Bean Soup Recipes

GERMAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Place lentils in a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker. Add chicken stock, bay leaf, carrots, celery, onion, and ham. Season with Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, nutmeg, hot pepper sauce, caraway seed, celery salt, parsley, and pepper.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours. Remove bay leaf before serving.

GERMAN CREAMY GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash the beans and cut into approximately 3 cm/1 inch lengths.
• Peel and dice the potatoes, onion, celery root and carrots.
• Wash, trim and quarter the leek and cut into small pieces.
• Heat the oil in a pan and saute all the vegetables. Then add the broth and the savory and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, add herbs and cream to taste and serve.

GERMAN GREEN BEAN SOUP (GRüNE BOHNENSUPPE)

Steps:

• Wash the beans, cut off the ends, and then cut them into halves or thirds depending on the size of them.
• Peel the potatoes, carrots, and celery root. Cut everything into small cubes.
• Peel the onion and finely chop it.
• Wash the leek really well (it can be quite dirty) and cut it into rings.
• Heat one teaspoon of oil in a large pot. Add the pancetta bacon and fry it for a few minutes until the fatty pieces appear cooked. Then add the onions and sauté them until the onions are translucent and the pancetta bacon is slightly brown.
• Add the vegetables (potatoes, carrots, celery root, green beans, and leek) and sauté them for around 2 minutes as well.
• Now add enough vegetable broth so that it just covers the contents of the pot. In our case, this is usually around 8 cups of vegetable broth - but it might be more or less in your case depending on the size of your pot and your vegetables.
• Add the chopped parsley and savory. Give everything a stir.
• Add the lid to the pot and bring the vegetable broth to a boil. Then turn down the heat and let the soup simmer for around 20-25 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve and enjoy!

TRADITIONAL GERMAN GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash the meat and pat it dry.
• Cut into bigger chunks. Up to 5cm long.
• Take a large pot and heat up the oil. As soon as the oil is hot (check it with a wooden spoon if you are not sure), add the beef chunks and fry them for about 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Add frozen vegetables and water.
• Cook for at least 1,5 hours.

GERMAN BEAN AND NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Put the beans in a medium saucepan and cover with water to 1 inch over the top of the beans.
• Cook the beans until tender, adding water if necessary to keep beans covered.
• Drain, saving the cooking liquid and adding enough water to make 8 cups of liquid.
• Put liquid and beans in large soup kettle.
• Add the potatoes, carrots, onion, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
• About 10 minutes after liquid begins to boil, add the noodles and the ham.
• When the noodles are done, turn off the heat and add the cream.
• Season to taste.

GERMAN BEAN SOUP (BOHNENSUPPE)

Steps:

• Drain the soaked beans, then put in a kettle with 8 cups of water and the bacon.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat, cover, and simmer for an hour.
• Add the green beans, celery root cubes, carrots, leeks, onion, parsley root (or parsley), potatoes, marjoram, thyme, and bay leaves.
• Bring back to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for another hour.
• While the soup is cooking, melt the butter over low heat in a saucepan.
• Stir in the flour and let it brown very very slowly, stirring occasionally,this could take an hour, if you keep the heat low enough.
• When ready, stir in a little of the soup stock, whisk for a minute, then stir into the soup kettle.
• Season with salt and pepper and cook uncovered, stirring from time to time, for 10 minutes.
• When ready to serve, stir in the parsley, remove the bay leaves, adjust the seasoning, then ladle into soup bowls and serve immediately.

HUNGARIAN GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Chop the onion into small cubes and set aside.
• Wash the green beans, trim off the ends and cut the beans into 1 inch long pieces. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large pot and add the onions. Sauté the onions on medium heat until they become translucent.
• Add the green beans to the pot, then add 2 cups of broth. The mixture of onions and beans should just be covered.
• Add the paprika, reduce the heat, and let everything simmer for around 30 minutes (or until the beans are tender - but not mushy).
• Add the sour cream, milk, and corn starch together in a bowl and whisk well.
• Add the corn starch mixture to the pot and mix everything well.
• Bring the soup back to a boil for around 2 minutes or until it has reached the desired thickness. Stir frequently.
• Serve and enjoy!

GERMAN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring first four ingredients + onions to boil. Simmer for about 1.5 hours.
• Add about 3 handsful of wide noodles. Bring to boil, then turn off. Noodles will cook till done.
• Also salt and pepper.
• As I said before, your family will soon say yuck too much of one or other (LOVE HER!)