Edamame Bean Soup with Apple and Bacon
This savoury edamame bean soup with apple tastes great with soda bread.
Servings: 4
Calories: 195kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil 1 for the soup, 1 for the bacon
- 1 medium onion sliced thinly
- 2 clove garlic sliced thinly
- 1 cooking apple (Bramley) chopped into chunks, skin on but no core.
- 1 vegetable bouillon cube
- 1 litre water
- 300 g edamame beans (I use frozen ones, sometimes called Soy beans)
- 2 slices bacon back bacon, cut into strips
Instructions
- Warm the olive oil in a deep cooking pot on medium heat.
- Fry the onions for a few minutes without allowing them to burn. When softened add the garlic and reduce the heat to cook for a further five minutes.
- Add the Bramley apple and raising the heat again, fry for several minutes until starting to brown.
- Make up the vegetable stock by crumbling the cube into a jug of boiling water.
- Add the vegetable stock and edamame beans (soy beans). Bring up to the boil and simmer for ten minutes until the soya beans are cooked.
- Meanwhile, in a frying pan heat the remaining olive oil and fry the bacon strips on a fairly high heat so they quickly brown and go crispy. Set aside.
- When the edamame beans in the soup are cooked, blend the mixture until smooth - I use a Vitamix.
- Serve the soup with bacon strips scattered on top alongside some good bread - such as my 30 minute loaf of soda bread.