Baby Lima Bean Soup
- Catagory: Beans
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cooking Time: 90 minutes
- Prep Notes: Bean Soaking Time 8 hours
- Courtesy Of: Institute for Integrative Nutrition
- Yields: 2 people
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
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, saute 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
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