Luscious Lima Bean Soup

Name: Luscious Lima Bean Soup
Total time: 270
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 1 pound dry lima beans; 4 cups water; 5 carrots, chopped; 1 leek, bulb only, chopped; 2 tablespoons minced shallots; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 4 cubes vegetable bouillon; 8 cups water; 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe by Ann Caterina from allrecipes.com

Dinner 5 Hr. 30 Mins.

Ingredients

9 servings

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1 pound dry lima beans
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4 cups water
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5 carrots, chopped
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1 leek, bulb only, chopped
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2 tablespoons minced shallots

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2 stalks celery, chopped
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4 cubes vegetable bouillon
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8 cups water
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2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add dry lima beans, and boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow the beans to sit, covered, for 1 to 2 hours to soften. Drain and rinse until water runs clear, discarding bean water.
In a soup pot, saute vegetables in olive oil until onions and celery are translucent. Add lima beans, and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes.
In the meantime, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the vegetable bouillon to the boiling water, and stir until dissolved. Add broth to the sauteed vegetables and beans. Add remaining water, and allow soup to simmer over a low flame for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Serve steaming hot.