Simple Italian Bean Soup
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 10
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 233.6
- Total Fat: 7.8 g
- Cholesterol: 30.0 mg
- Sodium: 822.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 24.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.8 g
- Protein: 17.3 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Simple Italian Bean Soup calories by ingredient
Introduction
I can't remember where I saw this recipe, but it was so simple I remembered all the ingredients; hence its name. I can't remember where I saw this recipe, but it was so simple I remembered all the ingredients; hence its name.Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
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1 lb. turkey Italian sausage
24 oz. jar of tomato-based pasta sauce
1 24 oz. jar of water (use pasta sauce jar)
1 6 oz. can of tomato paste
1 lb. dried beans, soaked overnight (I used Great Northern Beans)
1 large onion, diced
Tips
Note: calorie count is approximate although leaning toward more rather than less; it is calculated based on using Mario Batali's Marinara pasta sauce, Contadina tomato paste, using turkey Italian sausage instead of pork, and the aforementioned Great Northern Beans. You may use any tomato-based pasta sauce of your choice and any type of dried bean you prefer; however, bear in mind this may change the calorie calculations.
Directions
Remove turkey sausages from their casings and brown in skillet. As sausage is browning, dice large onion.
Rinse soaked beans and place into bottom of slow cooker. Sprinkle diced onion on top of beans.
Once sausage crumbles are browned, add can of tomato paste to the skillet. Stir until sausage is coated thoroughly. Pour sausage and tomato paste mixture on top of onions and beans in slow cooker.
Pour pasta sauce over the entire contents of the slow cooker. Fill pasta sauce jar with water, carefully swirl to make sure all remaining sauce is loosened from the sides, and pour water/sauce into the slow cooker as well. Ensure liquid level covers beans and comes just to the top of the sausage/ tomato paste mixture.
Cover and cook on low for 10 hours (8 may do, but I'm of the school of thought that likes the beans cooked forever); adjust seasoning to taste.
I'm topping mine with shredded Parmesan; cheese is not included in the calorie calculations.
Serving Size: Makes 10 1-cup servings (+/-)
Number of Servings: 10
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AMANDAJCD.
Rinse soaked beans and place into bottom of slow cooker. Sprinkle diced onion on top of beans.
Once sausage crumbles are browned, add can of tomato paste to the skillet. Stir until sausage is coated thoroughly. Pour sausage and tomato paste mixture on top of onions and beans in slow cooker.
Pour pasta sauce over the entire contents of the slow cooker. Fill pasta sauce jar with water, carefully swirl to make sure all remaining sauce is loosened from the sides, and pour water/sauce into the slow cooker as well. Ensure liquid level covers beans and comes just to the top of the sausage/ tomato paste mixture.
Cover and cook on low for 10 hours (8 may do, but I'm of the school of thought that likes the beans cooked forever); adjust seasoning to taste.
I'm topping mine with shredded Parmesan; cheese is not included in the calorie calculations.
Serving Size: Makes 10 1-cup servings (+/-)
Number of Servings: 10
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AMANDAJCD.