Portuguese Bean Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup dried red kidney beans
• 3 onions, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup bacon fat
• 6 small potatoes, diced
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 quarts water
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak and boil the beans until they just start to soften (1.5 hours or so).
• 2 saute onions and garlic in fat until slightly brown.
• 3 add everything else except salt (salt will keep your beans from softening). bring to boil, cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• 4 salt just before serving.