African bean dishes are best known for its highly proteinaceous value. The African bean dish is a healthy and delicious meal coated with creamy beans and veggies like the onion, carrot and celery. Highly spiced and served as stew or soup, preferrably hot.

This African bean soup recipe, brings out all the goodness there is in it, ranging from its rich proteinaceous and healthy carbohydrate value, spiced up with awesome sauce veggies.

WHAT IS AFRICAN BEAN SOUP?

The African bean soup is a dish common with the African descent. Especially those within the East Africa and West Africa. The kidney beans or black beans is mostly used to prepare this flavored packed African bean dish.

In Nigeria, this bean soup takes its inspiration from the Manu descents of the Plateau State. Where almost every family cooks the bean soup more than once every week.

This means there are a lot of health benefits that comes with eating the African bean soup, don’t you think? Let’s find out!

IS AFRICAN BEAN SOUP HEALTHY FOR YOU?

Are you aware that the body converts the amino acid from beans which serves as a building block for protein which the body uses to heal and make new tissues like the bone, muscle, hair, skin, and blood? Therefore, protein is a vital nutrient that plays a key role in maintaining and repairing the body.

Beans – a seed from the Fabaceae family classified as legumes, are best known as a good source for protein, fiber, iron, and vitamins.

The folate in beans produces healthy red blood cells for the body and during pregnancy, it helps prevent neural tube defects in a fetus.

Beans act as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents that prevents heart attack, reduce the risk of cancer, help stabilize blood glucose level and prevent diabetes

This and many other health benefits makes up the reason why you should make the African bean soup a regular diet.

The African bean dishes are a great replacement for meat, as it serves as a source of protein for vegans.

THIS IS WHAT GOES IN FOR AFRICAN BEAN SOUP

• Kidney beans
• Celery
• Onions
• Carrot
• Tomatoes
• Cooking oil
• Coconut milk
• Black pepper
• Paprika powder
• Water
• Finely chopped garlic
• Salt to taste
• Chili flakes
• Coriander leaves
• Coriander powder

FOR THE BEST RESULT THIS IS HOW TO COOK YOUR DRIED BEANS

First: You soak your dried beans to shed the high amount of lectin making it easier for your body to process. It is preferable that you soak your dried beans overnight or at least 1 hour.

Secondly: depending on your size of pot, add 8-10 cups of water. Add your soaked beans and simmer on medium heat until it is fully cooked approximately for 1 to 2 hours.

Thirdly: drain the cooked beans in a colander

HOW TO MAKE AFRICAN BEAN SOUP

For your African bean soup, you don’t need a list of ingredients for a complex flavor. After properly cooking your dried beans, the next thing you should do is prepare your African Bean Soup.
This is how:

First: pour your oil over a large pan and heat under medium heat. Add your onion to spice and stir until it is lightly brown for 2 – 3 minutes. Add your seasoning of garlic, ginger and green herbs and stir for about 1 minute.

Secondly: add your spice, tomatoes and stir occasionally till it is well cooked on medium heat.

Thirdly: add your neatly and nicely sliced celery and carrots stir for 2 minute, then add your cooked-drained beans, coconut milk and water. Simmer on medium heat for 15 – 20 minutes

Fourthly: add your salt to taste, add coriander leaves and simmer for 2 minutes. Wala! Your mouth-watering Africa bean soup is ready, and preferably served hot, enjoy!

HOW TO SERVE AFRICAN BEAN SOUP

It is satisfying to know that you can serve your delicious bean soup to your desired taste. For accompaniments like rice, puff puff or bread you have your African bean soup served to perfection.

AFRICAN BEAN SOUP: HOW TO REFRIGERATE AND FREEZE BEAN SOUP

This recipe makes more than a handful of soup, making it perfect to serve as weekday lunch.
To refrigerate: store in the fridge for 4 – 5 days
To Freeze: dish into an airtight container and freeze for 1 – 3 months depending on when you’d like to scoop from it.

THAWING YOUR AFRICAN BEAN SOUP LEFTOVERS

To thaw bean soup leftovers, its simple, simply remove frozen bean soup from freezer and place in refrigerator 7 – 8 hours before you plan to eat it or preferably the night before. As another option, leave on any countertop in the kitchen.

HOW TO REHEAT LEFTOVERS

Microwave: is one of the easiest and fastest ways to reheat leftovers. Leave it for 5 minutes in the microwave to defrost and heat properly for consumption.
Reheat in Saucepan:
Just as when you first prepared it, turn it into a saucepan and add 2 table spoons of water for every scoop, simmer on a low medium heat till it’s hot do this for about 5 minutes.

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I am sure this bean dish and soup recipe was helpful and has spiced up your love for the African bean soup.

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