Simple coconut & bean soup

Simple coconut & bean soup

This vegetarian meal in a bowl shows how something delicious can be made from mostly storecupboard ingredients

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Sizzle the spring onion whites, pepper, chilli paste and garlic for 5-8 mins until soft and fragrant. Add the thyme, curry powder and spices, then cook for 1 min more, Stir in the tomatoes, then cook for 2 mins to soften slightly.
  2. Crumble in the stock cube, then tip in all the beans and the coconut milk. Simmer for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and stir in most of the spring onion greens, the lime juice and some seasoning. Ladle into bowls and scatter with remaining spring onions just before serving.

581 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 38 g, saturated fat 28g, fibre 11g, sugar 14g, salt 3.19 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009.

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  • 14 August 2009

    leon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Simple, tasty, warming & foolproof.

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  • 29 August 2009

    Synneve rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic!!! What a quick and fab soup!!! NIce heat and creamy coconut...mmmm delicious!!! Highly recommended. And brings memories back from caraibien holidays. However next time I will add less beans. Give it a go , won't be disappointed.

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  • 29 August 2009

    Synneve commented on this recipe

    Oh, and one more thing. I think its quite important to use dry beans for this soup. I know it might be a bit of headache to soak them night before however is worth it as they taste way better afterwords. Good luck

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  • 01 October 2009

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really nice even if you use tin beans (Though I might just be a heathen) - used half fat coconut milk and it was still quite rich - think it may have been too rich if I had used the normal stuff. Though the lime does really cut through the richness.

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  • 29 October 2009

    thynk2much rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So easy and incredibly delicious.

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  • 19 October 2011

    Beachy commented on this recipe

    This recipe is delicious, would definitely recommend!

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  • 20 April 2012

    Dizzy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy and very tasty.

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  • 05 May 2012

    Plainpalais rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fabulous - one of the best veggie recipes on the site: easy yet smart and tasty enough for dinner parties. Even perfect with packed/tinned Mexican bean salad for bean ingredients. Love it.

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  • 09 May 2012

    annies rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I did this recipe for 80 people at a caribbean evening. It was simple, I got it ready in the afternoon and then re heated it, IT WAS AMAZING! loads of compliments and people saying they could have just eaten that all night. I used mixed bean salad tins form tesco rather than all the different individual tins of beans.

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  • 27 May 2012

    Mr Conor rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, and very easy to make in bulk and then freeze extra individual portions for when you want something a bit more warming than instant soups. I tried it with fresh coriander stirred through at the end, which was very nice. Also, I'd recommend that you pound the garlic clove and the allspice together with the scotch bonnet and sizzle them all up together for a couple of minutes before adding the spring onions and red pepper, as (in my opinion) it helps bring out the flavours.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • ½ bunch spring onions , whites and greens separated and sliced
  • 1 red pepper , diced
  • 1 Scotch bonnet chilli , deseeded and pounded to a paste
  • 1 garlic clove , chopped
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp medium curry powder
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 3 plum tomatoes , chopped
  • 1 vegetable stock cube
  • 410g can kidney beans , rinsed and drained
  • 410g can pinto beans , rinsed and drained
  • 410g can black-eyed beans , rinsed and drained
  • 2 x 400g cans coconut milk
  • juice 2 limes
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