Mcguire's Bean Soup Recipe

Mcguire’s Bean Soup is a top hit out of all the famous chicken and other soups. The soup includes boiled and mashed beans which make the soup more appetizing.

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The soup needs simmering for a longer period and you will be amazed to have a divine flavor of the soup at the end of the process. Mcguire’s Bean soup recipe is the best way to get the exact five-star restaurant-like taste of the soup while sitting at home.

Make the soup with full concentration and also do not skip any of the ingredients. All the veggies added to the soup are essential for the exact restaurant like the flavor of the soup and you will really adore the final flavor which turns out to be heavenly and delicious.

Adopt the ritual of making bean soup every weekend and there will be all admiration for you on the dining table from the elders and the young.

Cooking the chicken and beans

After cleaning and washing the beans both the beans and the chicken are boiled in the same pot and you will see how beautifully both of them tenderized in the soup. Then you can move forward to the next steps once you are done with tenderizing the chicken and the beans.

Addition of the vegetables

All the necessary vegetables are added to this soup including chopped cabbage, finely diced carrots, chopped onions, and freshly chopped celery stalks. The vegetables add nutrition to the soup so you can serve it to the sick ones if they are having regular coughs and colds.

Nutritional importance of the Soup

The Mcguire’s Bean soup is full of nutrition as all the healthy vegetables that are added to the soup simmer in the soup to give all of the nutrients and minerals to this soup.

Vitamins and proteins are present in it and they also contain antioxidants in it to make the body healthier and also boost the metabolism.

INGREDIENTS

Chopped or minced garlic cloves
One pound of dry navy Beans
One cup of chopped cabbage
One cup chopped carrot
One cup chopped onion
Half a cup of chopped celery
Smoked boneless chicken

Method to make Mcguire’s Bean Soup Recipe

You must clean and wash the beans before using them in your recipe. These beans can be washed under fresh water.
Take a cooking pot and put the chicken into this pot. Pour water into the pot so that the chicken will be cooked into it and also add the beans into it at the same time.
Both the beans and the chicken are tenderized after this boiling and the beans soup will be delicious as much as you have perfectly boiled the beans.
Take another cooking pot and add some butter to it. Make sure to melt it at low heat and do not burn it up. In this melted butter, stir-fry the minced garlic.
Once the garlic is browned, you must add the other vegetables one by one. Firstly add the diced onions into it. Stir fry to make them turn brown and then add the chopped cabbage at the same time.
Dice the carrots neatly and throw them into this veg mixture. All the vegetables will be fried to a perfect texture in the butter.
After frying for some time, you will see that all the vegetables are in a good texture and are softened.
Then you need a large-sized mixing bowl to combine the prepared substances one by one. First of all, add the cooked beans to this clean bowl.
Pour the cooked chicken soup into it and also add the chicken at the same time. You must sprinkle the salt and pepper over it.
You can adjust the quantity of the seasonings according to your choice.
Use your spatula to mix up everything so that all the flavors will be completely mixed. You can even mash the beans for a further good taste.
The texture of the soup is just as you wanted it to be. From this hot pot, you can serve it after pouring it into the serving bowls. You can even use crushed tortillas to add a pop of crunch to it.

Conclusion

Mcguire’s Bean Soup is mostly made on winter days as I inherited this recipe from my mother. She used to make it every weekend in winter and all of the siblings love to gather at the dining table for this soup and family talk time.

This is such a precious ritual and you should also adopt it so that you will get more time to spend with your family and siblings from the hectic routines.

The soup gets a little more time than usual as the simmering of a longer period is required for developing all the flavors and the taste.

FAQs?

How to mash the beans?

After adding the boiled beans to the soup, you should use your spatula to press them. This will cause them to get mashed up so that they will be dissolved into the soup and the soup will get thicker and yummier.

Do we add any kind of sauce to the bean soup?

No, we usually do not have any kind of additional sauce to the bean soup other than the basic seasonings like salt and pepper. You can even add soy sauce or chili sauce as per choice to adjust the taste.

How to top the bean soup?

You can top the soup using the tortilla. First, you should crush these tortillas and then spread them at the top of the serving bowls. These will make the bites crispy and crunchy all at once.

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