Dominican Red Bean Soup
Dominican Red Bean Soup
This soup is more than just a bean soup. It contains smoked pork, plantains, and dumplings; making this quite a filling meal. In the Dominican Republic, this soup is referred to as dumplings, peas and salted pork. Traditionally, smoked pig snout and tails are used as the meat. I used a large ham shank since I wanted more meat to the soup. I also think pig tails are kinda gross. You can substitute smoked turkey if pork isn’t your thing.
Ingredients
- 1 large smoked pork shank
- 1 lb dried kidney beans soaked overnight
- 1 gallon water
- 1 large plantain cubed
- 1 large onion chopped
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp thyme
- 1 tbsp ground turmeric
- 1 tbsp salt
Dumplings
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
Garnish
- parsley chopped
Instructions
- Add the ham shank in a pot of water. Bring to a boil and simmer for an hour.
- Add the soaked beans to the pot. Simmer for another hour.
- Stir in the onion, garlic, and seasonings. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- While the soup is simmering, mix together the flour, water, and salt. Roll into a dough ball.
- Take out the ham shank. Pull off the meat, chop, and add back into the pot. Pull off small pieces of the dough and drop into the soup. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add in the plantains. Simmer for 30 more minutes.
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