Portuguese Red Bean Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 4 stalks celery
• 4 tomatoes, skinned & seeded
• 1 potato, peeled
• 8 ounces kidney beans, soaked overnight
• 2 ounces olive oil
• 2 ounces butter
• 1 1/4 teaspoons paprika
• 2 quarts chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 mild chorizo sausage (or hot)
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 finely chop all vegetables including tomatoes and potato. drain soaked beans, discarding liquid.
• 2 in a medium pot, add olive oil and butter.
• 3 when oil is hot, add chopped carrot, onion, celery, tomatoes. saute, but do not brown. add chopped potato, paprika, and chicken stock.
• 4 when this reaches a boil, add kidney beans and turn down heat to a simmer. add tomato paste .
• 5 let cook 45-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. when beans are soft to the touch add sausage and cayenne pepper.
• 6 season to taste.