Quick Soup Recipe

30-Minute Chunky Vegetable Bean Kielbasa Soup Can be a Quick and Easy Dinner Or a Make-Ahead Meal For a Busy Night During The Week

This quick soup recipe was created about the same time as the 20-minute spinach meatless meatball soup.

Total Time: 40 Minutes
Prep Time: 10 Minutes  
Active Cook Time: 30 Minutes  
Serving: 4

Now while I am transcribing it from my spiral bound notebook, my memory started to come back.  It was one of those time in life that you don't want to happen again.  It was fall of 2008.  We just sold our 2nd flip house.  My hubby thought that he could rely on doing this for a living.  But not long after that, the real estate market crashed.  We were struggling financially that I relied on some government help being the first mother.

So, I ended up having so many cans of beans in my pantry.  As you know throwing food away is always the last thing I want to see.  I ended up creating different recipes with beans.

I am so glad that that time of our lives was over.  We just need to open our eyes and hearts for a brighter future.

CHEF NOTES

Keep Your Make Ahead Soup In Room Temperature
Instead Of In The Fridge

Although it only takes 30 minutes to make this soup, it could still be a luxury to some busy families.  To turn this soup into a make ahead meal, after adding carrots, tomatoes and other ingredients, let the soup comes to a rolling boil.  Cover it and turn off heat.  It will continue to cook.  At the night of serving, bring soup to a boil and add celery and beans.

This is the trick I learned from my paternal grandmother.  Hong Kong is a very small city, but full of life and energy.  Everybody from my home country lives in small apartment.  So, as the fridges.  No fridge is big enough to have a big soup pot fitted in it.  To keep soup from rotten due to the high heat and humidity, my grandmother did this:

1. Bring the soup to a rolling boil, cover it with lid.  Then, turn off heat.  In between, do not open the lid.  In other words, don't move or touch anything.
   
2. Repeat the same step the next day if you need to keep it for another day before serving.

My grandmother did this for years.  The soup is good for 3 days max. by staying in room temperature even in the climate of high heat and humidity.  Apply this method to any soup recipes.

Quick Soup Recipe and Instructions

Ingredients
1 (16oz / 454g) Smoked Turkey Kielbasa (sliced in diagonal 1/2" thick)
4 Ribs Celery (cut into 1/2" chunks)
1 Bag (16oz / 454g) Frozen Crinkle Cut Carrots (thawed) or Fresh Baby Carrots
1 Can (28 oz / 794g) Diced Tomatoes with Juice
1 tbsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tbsp Onion Powder
1 Dried Bay Leaf
1 Can (15oz / 426g) Large Butter Beans (drained and rinsed)
4 Cups (32oz / 907g) Chicken Broth
1 pinch Crushed Red Pepper

Seasonings
1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper To Taste

1. Heat extra virgin olive oil in soup pot at medium to medium high heat
2. Brown kielbasa about 8-10 minutes (or 3-5 minutes per side)
3. Add carrots, broth, tomato with juice, garlic powder, onion powder, crushed red pepper and bay leaf
4. Once the soup comes to a rolling boil, turn down heat to simmer and cover for 10 minutes (If this soup is a make-ahead meal, you can turn off the heat at this point.)
   
5. Add beans and celery and simmer for another 5-8 minutes
6. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately

Quick Soup Recipe Steps with Photos

Brown Kielbasa

Add carrots, broth/stock, tomatoes with juice, spices and herbs

If this is a make-ahead meal, you can cover it and turn off heat once the soup comes to a rolling boil.

Make-ahead meal or not, only add celery and beans almost before serving

Salt and pepper to taste. Dinner is ready.

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