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Hearty Tomato and Bean Soup

Hearty Tomato & Bean Soup

Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 3 stalks celery, diced
  • 3 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 1 russet potato washed and diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 anchovy fillets, minced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 qt chicken stock
  • 2 C water
  • 1 parmesan rind
  • 1 14.5 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
  • 1 15.5 oz can kidney beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 15.5 oz can cannellini beans drained and rinsed

Instructions
 

  • Heat olive oil in a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat.
  • Add in the onion, celery, carrots, and potato. Allow this cook for about five minutes.
  • Add in the garlic and anchovies and let it cook until fragrant about one minute.
  • Toss in the salt, pepper, oregano, bay leaves, Parmesan rind, tomatoes and their juices, chicken stock and water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cover with a lid. Cook for 20 minutes
  • Remove the lid, add in the beans recover with the lid and cook an additional 10 minutes.
  • Turn off the heat. Remove the bay leaves and the Parmesan rind.
  • Using an immersion blender, blend about half of the soup to make it creamy. You can skip this step too, it's not necessary but adds a wonderful texture.
Keyword beans, dinner, fall, soup, tomatoes