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My Green Bean Soup, aka Grüne Bohnensuppe, is an emergency dinner that I often use when I don't have time to make anything else. It's so easy, so quick, and so delicious.
Not only that, but there are so many options making this traditional German soup the start of something amazing. Learn how to make this soup and you'll have so many ideas on creating your own variations.
It comes from the idea of "a bit of this and a bit of that." If you've never cooked that way, try this soup. Follow the instructions and then do some experimenting.
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For the meat, you can use raw ground beef (lean). If you have some smoked sausage or kielbasa (cut into chunks), that works great as well.
Or perhaps you have some leftover roast, pork or beef, and maybe some gravy. If you are using cooked meat, omit the oil and add the cut-up meat to the frozen beans.
To get a meatier flavor, add some bouillon cubes. If you have leftover gravy, you can add that as well.
For the potatoes, you can use raw ones (peeled or unpeeled), cut in chunks, or if there are leftover cooked potatoes, use them. Leftover mashed potatoes work great too. Or instant mashed potatoes, or canned potatoes - whatever you have!
For quantities of these types of potatoes - it depends how thick you want the soup. Adding these cooked potatoes once the beans are cooked, will give you a German Green Bean Soup in about 15 minutes.
All you need for the Green Bean Soup is a bag of frozen green beans, some type of potato, some kind of meat (raw or cooked), some spices, and about 20 minutes.
This soup is really among my favorite quick and easy soup recipes. It actually shows how to make soup in a really easy way.
My Green Bean Soup, aka Grüne Bohnensuppe, is an emergency dinner that I often use when I don't have time to make anything else. It's so easy, so quick, and so delicious.
Learn how to make this soup and you'll have so many ideas on creating your own variations. Serve some homemade artisan bread on the side. Yum!
Prep Time
10 minutes |
Cook Time
30 minutes |
Total Time40 minutes |
Makes 4 - 6 servings
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