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German Green Bean soup

German Green Bean Soup Recipe

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Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course German Foods and Recipes, German Recipes
Servings 1 pot of Eintopf

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound Beef cubed stew meat or ground beef if you are in a hurry
  • 1 medium Onion - diced
  • 2 tsp dried Summer Savory Bohnenkraut or Thyme
  • 3 Tbl. Oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 pounds Green Beans trimmed and cut to 1- 2 inch pieces
  • ½- 1 pound Potatoes- peeled and cut into pieces
  • Beef broth to cover all….. about 4-5 cups?
  • … I like to add Maggi Wurzmischung for flavor
  • Few pieces bacon

Instructions
 

  • •In a soup pot, heat the oil, then brown the meat on all sides (I use ground beef when I’m in a hurry). Add the onions toward the end to soften them up.
  • •Add salt and pepper, then add Savory (or thyme). Let cook with the lid on for ten minutes to get the flavors to meld on low heat.
  • •Trim the beans, and cut them into 1 -2 inch pieces. Add them to the pot with the broth.
  • •Bring to a boil, then simmer.
  • •Add the potatoes and let cook for 20 minutes (until the potatoes can be poked with a knife)
  • •Dice the bacon… in a separate pan, fry it until browned
  • •Add the bacon (and the bacon fat) to the soup just before serving.
  • •Taste… add more salt/pepper as needed