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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Main Dishes » Soups » Red Bean Soup With Beef And Pumpkin

    Red Bean Soup with Beef and Pumpkin

    Nov 11, 2010 · Modified: Jul 15, 2021 by Erica Dinho · 13 Comments

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    Red Bean Soup with Beef and Pumpkin

    Erica Dinho
    5 from 13 votes
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    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Colombian
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 pound dried red beans
    • 1 ½ pound beef cut into small pieces
    • 12 cups of water more if necessary
    • ½ cup aliuños sauce
    • ½ cup hogao
    • 1 large carrot peeled and grated
    • 1 cup butternut squash or pumpkin peeled and diced
    • ½ pound yuca diced
    • 1 ripe plantain peeled and diced
    • Salt and pepper
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
    • Fresh cilantro

    Instructions
     

    • Wash the beans and soak overnight in cold water. Drain the beans and place in a large pot and add the water, aliuños, carrots and beef. Over medium-high heat, bring the beans to a boil, then cover the pot and reduce the heat to medium-low. Allow the beans to cook until almost tender, approximately 2 hours.
    • When the beans are almost tender, add the hogao, plantains, yuca, butternut squash, cumin, salt and pepper. Cover and cook for another 45 minutes or until the beans are fully cooked. (Add additional water as necessary).
    • Add chopped fresh cilantro and serve with plain white rice.
    Keyword bean soup
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    One of the things I love most about Colombia is its many geographical, topographical, and climatic variations. Naturally, there are going to be variations in what people eat throughout the country as well, but beans are a country wide staple.

    If you had to choose one food that you would miss the most if it were to be removed from your diet, what would it be? Sometimes that question comes to my mind and the answer to that question for me is beans!

    Red Bean, Beef  and Pumpkin SoupPin

    They are, after all, a healthy, inexpensive protein. And even though beans have been a part of my diet my entire life, I still really enjoy cooking with them and eating them.

    I love soups like this traditional Colombian Red Bean Soup. It gives me a complete dish in one bowl with many delicious flavors. This recipe is sure to be a hit... hearty and perfect for the many cold days to come.

    Buen provecho!

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    About Erica Dinho

    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    1. Jenna

      November 11, 2010 at 4:10 pm

      5 stars
      Wow, your photography is gorgeous! Not to mention the recipe looks delicious--the flavor looks like it would be out of this world.
      The one food I couldn't do without: rice! Desde pequeña, siempre ha sido mi comida favorita--arroz blanco.

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    2. Jenny

      November 11, 2010 at 5:53 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Erica,

      I'm Colombian too and love your blog and recipes. Everything looks delicious and I can't wait to visit my family in NYC (I live in Washington DC) to try and share some with them. When I was little, my mom used to make a salad with cooked carrots and beets, do you happen to have a recipe for it? If so could you post it?

      Best of luck and thanks so much for your hard work spreading the goodness of Colombian food. Your blog is a dream come true for me and I'm sure many others.

      Jenny

      Reply
    3. anh

      November 11, 2010 at 10:06 pm

      5 stars
      Yum!!! So hearty.

      Reply
    4. Joan Nova

      November 12, 2010 at 9:33 am

      5 stars
      Wonderful, like a sancocho with all those delicious vegetables. I especially love the combination of pumpkin, yuca and plantains.

      Reply
    5. Chef E

      November 12, 2010 at 11:49 am

      5 stars
      Ummm boy can I smell this! I would love it...recently I made tepary beans with squash and was it good! Feed that baby LOL

      Reply
    6. Faith

      November 12, 2010 at 12:36 pm

      5 stars
      Bean soups are a favorite in my house and this one looks like a real winner! Great combo of flavors, and I love the pumpkin in there!

      Reply
    7. norma

      November 12, 2010 at 2:01 pm

      5 stars
      Erica..I love yor soups..I like the combination of all these veggies....

      Reply
    8. Erica

      November 12, 2010 at 3:20 pm

      5 stars
      Thank you everyone!

      Reply
    9. Chris

      November 13, 2010 at 11:51 am

      5 stars
      That is one hearty soup. I bet it leaves you full and satisfied. The slaw looks great too!

      Reply
    10. grace

      November 16, 2010 at 1:41 am

      5 stars
      i don't think i'd survive without beans, and that's the truth! great soup, erica. 🙂

      Reply
    11. Sue/the view from great island

      February 04, 2012 at 3:56 pm

      5 stars
      This soup sounds delicious, and, for me anyway, the flavor combination is unexpected. The beef and pumpkin sounds particularly great.

      Reply
    12. Gaby

      October 15, 2014 at 12:06 pm

      5 stars
      I made this soup yesterday and it was absolutely delicious.

      Reply

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