Recipe: Baby Lima Bean Soup
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cooking Time:
90 minutes
Yields:
2 servings
Ingredients:
1/2 cup dried baby lima beans
1 3-inch piece kombu
1/2 yellow onion
4 cloves garlic
1/2 carrot
1 tablespoon mirin
1 teaspoon tamari
Salt and pepper to taste
1 3-inch piece kombu
1/2 yellow onion
4 cloves garlic
1/2 carrot
1 tablespoon mirin
1 teaspoon tamari
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- Cover the beans with water and soak for 8 hours.
- Discard soaking water, rinse beans, and place in a pot with kombu and water and cover by 2 inches.
- Boil gently for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil covered for 10 minutes.
- Add carrots and continue cooking covered for 10 more minutes.
- Add onion mixture to the beans.
- Continue cooking beans for 30 more minutes.
- Add mirin and tamari, plus salt and pepper to taste.
Notes:
- Try adding fresh herbs near the end of the cooking time, such as thyme or parsley.
