Spring Green Lima Bean Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (14 ounce) cans fat-free chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1 lb frozen baby lima bean (3 cups)
• 1 large onion (for about 1 cup chopped)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• sour cream (optional for garnish)
• bacon bits (optional for garnish)
• snipped flat leaf parsley (optional for garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a soup pot or dutch oven, place the broth and water over high heat. add the lima beans and cover.
• 2 peel and chop the onion and add it to the pot. add the salt, pepper and garlic.
• 3 keep the pot covered until the mixture comes to a boil. then uncover and stir. cover the pot and cook on medium-high, keeping a steady boil for 10 minutes, or until the beans are tender.
• 4 remove the soup from the stove. using an immersion blender, puree the soup until it is smooth (or you can use a potato masher to do this). place the pot over medium heat.
• 5 in a small jar that has a lid, add the cornstarch and 1/4 cup cool tap water, and shake to mix well. drizzle the cornstarch mixture into the soup, and stir constantly until the soup thickens, about 2 minutes.
• 6 serve immediately, garnished with bacon bits, sour cream and parsley, if desired.