Recipe

Friday Fridge Bean Soup Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Crainny / All my dishes 10 months ago If your fridge is like mine - leftovers galore - try this soup. Let your leftovers shine and your stomach sing. Become a "Queen of Yum" without breaking a sweat (and budget). Prep:10m Cook:40m Servings:6	Crainny
	ham beans onion carrot spices herbs

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Ingredients

Empty your fridge to find any combination of the following:

leftover rotisserie chicken or turkey

smoked ham bones and trimmings

smoked turkey legs and necks

small stashes of beef stew

stale pork chops

deli meats

3-4 slices of thick maple cured bacon

2 cans of kidney beans, with juice

2 carrots, shredded

2 onions, diced

salt and pepper, paprika, and chili powder to taste

herbs,

Directions

Heat the soup pot, dice the bacon slices and melt them on the bottom of the pot a little

If you were lucky to find any ham bones or smoked turkey bones in your fridge, throw them in at this time, and sear them on all sides in the bacon grease until pleasantly browned

Toss in the onions and carrots at this time, saute until fragrant and onion is translucent

Dice all meat trimmings in a uniform way - small dice or shredding is fine; add meat to the pot and saute 4-5 minutes.

Add about 6 cups of water or chicken stock, or a combination of both (cover meats and then some 1/2 inch above its level)

Add kidney beans with juice

Bring to boil rapidly

Add salt, pepper, paprika and chili pepper.

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20-30 minutes, COVERED

Season with your favorite herbs

Process your soup in batches in a blender (remove the bones), until it has uniform consistency, not necessarily until smooth

Serve with a tbsp of sour cream and a handful of small croûtons

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