Zöldbab Leves - Hungarian Green Bean Soup

Servings

4

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Cuisine

Hungarian

Category

Soup

Zöldbab leves recipe for making a Hungarian green bean soup that you can easily cook using fresh or frozen string beans. This is a healthy vegetable dish. You can also turn it into a filling one-pot meal by adding some csipetke soup noodles.

Zöldbab Leves - Hungarian Green Bean Soup

Ingredients

  • 300g green beans
  • 3 small carrots
  • 3 medium potatoes
  • 3 tomatoes
  • 2 celery sticks
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tbsp Piros Arany

  • 3 tbsp tomato puree
  • 2 tbsp roux
  • 1/2 lemon juice

  • 1/2 tbsp dried lovage
  • sunflower oil

  • salt & pepper to taste

  • vegetable stock

  • fresh bunch of parsley

  • csipetke pasta (optional)

Directions

  1. Chop the vegetables to your preferred shapes and sizes.

  2. Heat the oil in a 5l pan, then fry the onions until translucent. Add the diced red pepper, carrots, and celery, then season with salt and pepper. Let it cook for 5 mins, stirring occasionally.

  3. Stir in the Piros Arany and tomato juice, then add the beans and potatoes.
  4. Pour in the vegetable stock until everything is well covered, and let it cook until the vegetables reach your preferred consistency.
  5. Stir in the roux and lemon juice at the end, then sprinkle with the roughly chopped parsley and dried lovage.