I love soup. It's one of my favorite things, but I like to eat organically and organic canned soup is too expensive, and I never have time to make it from scratch.
The whole foods near my house sells dried soup mix by the pound, and it's okay, but I'd like to make my own - specifically, I'd like to make black bean soup mix.
Now, currently, I have an airtight container sitting on my counter. I take half a cup of the soup mix (that I bought at Whole Foods), put it in a pot with 2 cups of water and some chili powder, boil it, then let it simmer for 2 hours. I eat this for lunch.
However, I don't understand how this is possible, as the mix has beans in it. Beans need to be soaked before they can cook, right? And if you don't soak them they are nasty (tried that once!!). And if you soak them, then then only last about a week.
So how do you make dried soup mix with beans in it that only requires a quick boil and two hour simmer? More specifically, what steps would I need to take to prepare beans in this manner? I would love to be able to make ten pounds of mix and store it like I currently do the store bought mix, then I could just make a quick lunch on simmer, but I don't know how to prepare the beans.
Thank you!!!
The whole foods near my house sells dried soup mix by the pound, and it's okay, but I'd like to make my own - specifically, I'd like to make black bean soup mix.
Now, currently, I have an airtight container sitting on my counter. I take half a cup of the soup mix (that I bought at Whole Foods), put it in a pot with 2 cups of water and some chili powder, boil it, then let it simmer for 2 hours. I eat this for lunch.
However, I don't understand how this is possible, as the mix has beans in it. Beans need to be soaked before they can cook, right? And if you don't soak them they are nasty (tried that once!!). And if you soak them, then then only last about a week.
So how do you make dried soup mix with beans in it that only requires a quick boil and two hour simmer? More specifically, what steps would I need to take to prepare beans in this manner? I would love to be able to make ten pounds of mix and store it like I currently do the store bought mix, then I could just make a quick lunch on simmer, but I don't know how to prepare the beans.
Thank you!!!