Italian

Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup is for Dinner.

Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup takes 200 minutes to cook.

Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup are:

1 lb pinto beans
1 ham hock

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, diced,
2 celery ribs, diced
2 carrots, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 c medium or short grain rice*

1 bay leaf**
1 Tablespoon dry thyme**
1 Tablespoon fresh ground black pepper (or more if you want it spicier)**
Salt to taste (could be as little as 1T, as much as 3T)

*You can substitute long grain if you have to, but the soup won't be as "hearty"
**herbs and spices aren't necessary, but a man can live on protein supplements from here to Judgement day if he's got enough rosemary.

Here is how you make Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup:

Wash the beans, and cover with double their depth of water. EITHER leave them to soak overnight (and double the beans' cooking time), OR bring them to a boil, and remove from heat to soak for 4 hours. If you want to use canned beans, it will be at least 3 cans, and you can add them at the end.Once the time comes to build the soup, heat the vegetable oil a large soup pot over medium heat. When the oil shimmers, add the carrots, stir for a two minutes, then add the onion, stir for two minutes, add the celery, garlic, and rice. Put the beans, ham hock, and 5 cups of water, and the herbs and spices (use some of the vitamins that leeched out into the bean soaking liquid by not throwing it out). Bring to a simmer 1-2 hours, partially covered, stirring occasionally to keep anything from burning. Finally, add 1 T salt, more or less to taste.Try variations! Add mushrooms and you have an almost micronutritionally-complete diet in one meal! Replace the carrots with a green pepper, add sausage, a can of tomatoes, and Cajun spices, and you've got Gumbo!Serving Size: 8Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BOSS413.

The nutritional information for Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 154.5

• Total Fat: 6.3 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 739.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 18.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
• Protein: 7.3 g

Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Home-Style Beans and Rice Soup is Low Fat