Serbian Bean Soup

Get all your meats and vegetables in this one-pot Serbian bean soup packed with vegetables and a hearty combo of chorizo, bacon, and paprika-rich debreziner sausage.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 436 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 large onion, diced
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 cup beef stock
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 (15 ounce) can white beans, drained
• 1 teaspoon dried savory
• 1 (15 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) package chorizo sausage, sliced
• 2 ounces smoked bacon, chopped
• ½ (16 oz) ring debreziner sausage, sliced
• 2 bell peppers, seeded and sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a large stew pot over medium heat. Cook and stir sliced chorizo until slightly brown and the oil takes on color, 5 to 6 minutes. Add onion, bacon, and garlic; cook until onion is soft and bacon is crisp, about 5 minutes. Add debreziner sausage and peppers and cook until mixture is smooth and soft, about 5 minutes more.

Step 2

Stir in crushed tomatoes, white beans, beef stock, tomato paste, and ketchup. Season with savory, salt, pepper, cayenne, and bay leaves. Add flour to thicken and simmer, half-covered, until flavors combine, about 40 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.