Fava Bean Soup

Name: Fava Bean Soup
Prep time: 75 min
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 1 cup fava beans, dry; 4 liters water; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1/2 cups onion, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons garlic, finely chopped; 1 cup tomato, finely chopped; 2 cups nopal, cut into cubes or strips; 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped; 2 tablespoons salt; nopal, sliced into strips and cured, for garnish; pasilla chile, fried sliced into rings for garnish; corn tortillas, fried strips, for garnish; tomato, cut into cubes, for garnish

Melissa Veytia

We’ll show you how to prepare a fava bean soup. A vegan and very easy recipe, perfectly adapting to your lifestyle. Enjoy meatless Mondays with delicious fava beans.

The dry fava bean soup is a very healthy option that is cooked with chiles and includes some cactus to maintain the soup's characteristic yellow color.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 15-01-2018

Preparation

20 mins

55 mins

Low

Cook the fava beans with water and a bit of salt in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes until soft. Reserve with all the liquid. Heat a small pot over medium heat with oil, fry the onion, garlic, tomatoes, add the fava beans with all the broth, the cactus, cilantro, and season with salt to taste, cover the pot and cook for 25 more minutes, until the fava beans break down and the soup thickens. Serve the soup in soup bowls and garnish with a bit of pickled cactus, fried pasilla chili, tortilla strips, and tomato. Enjoy.

Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Energy

14.2

kcal

0.71%

Carbohydrate, by difference

1.8

0.6%

Protein

0.5

Total lipid (fat)

0.7

1.08%

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Tips

You must ensure that the fava beans are peeled. The long cooking time of this soup causes them to break down and thicken on their own. It can be accompanied by fried pasilla chili strips and fresh tomato cubes.

Fava Bean Soup

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