Cooking Recipe Confette Bean Soup Mix
Recipe Ingredients
Directions
In large bowl, mix beans; spoon into four 4-c. containers, placing
about 3 rounded cups in each. Prepare Seasoning bags: Place 1
seasoning bag in each container. If giving mix as gifts, include the
CONFETTI BEAN SOUP RECIPE (below) with each gift. Makes 4. SEASONING
BAGS: Cut four 6" squares plastic wrap. Onto each square place the
seasoning bag ingredients for one bag. Gather plastic wrap up to form
a pouch; tie with string or, for gifts, tie with ribbon. CONFETTI
BEAN SOUP: Rinse beans from 1 container confetti bean soup mix with
running cold water and discard any stones or shriveled beans. In
5-quart Dutch oven over high heat, heat beans and 9 c. water to
boiling; cook 3 min. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hr.
Drain and rinse beans. Return beans to Dutch oven; add contents of
seasoning bag from mix and 5 c. water; over high heat, heat to
boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 1-1/2 hrs. or until
beans are tender, stirring occasionally Add one 16-oz. can stewed
tomatoes with its liquid; over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce
heat to low; cook, uncovered, 15 min. longer, stirring to break up
tomatoes. Discard bay leaf. Makes 6 min-dish servings or 12
first-course servings. Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #
From: Sherry Zeiss <zeiss@tab.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 22:18:42 -0600