Baby Lima Bean Soup

PREP TIME:

10 minutes

PREP NOTES:

Bean Soaking Time: 8 hours

Cooking time:

90 minutes

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, 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.

CREDIT:

Courtesy of Institute of Integrative Nutrition.