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Ginger, Sweet Potato and Bean Soup

October 23, 2012 by Alea 7 Comments

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ginger sweet potato bean soup

I know sweet potatoes and beans combined with Asian seasonings sounds like a crazy combination. You are just going to have to trust me on this. This soup is seriously delicious!

It is also fast and easy to make, filling, and frugal.

I pulled this soup together in under 20 minutes. I was able to do that because I had cooked rice on hand. If you don’t have cooked rice you can add 1 cup uncooked basmati rice and an additional 2 cups of liquid and let the rice cook while you are making the soup, but you will want to let the rice get a 5 – 10 minute head start before you add the sweet potatoes.

If you don’t have mirin in your pantry, you can substitute a sweet juice like white grape juice or apple juice. You can  save money on mirin, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame seed oil by shopping at an Asian market.

Asian Sweet Potato and Rice Soup Recipe
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Alea's Ginger, Sweet Potato and Bean Soup

Delightful flavors in this hearty soup!
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time15 minutes minutes
Servings - 8 servings

Ingredients 

  • 8 cups vegetable broth
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce (use Braggs Liquid Aminos to make this gfree)
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp 2 tablespoons mirin (or grape juice)
  • 2 tsp sesame oil optional
  • 3 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 6 4 - 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 Tbsp 1 tablespoon grated ginger
  • 2 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into bite size pieces
  • 15 oz black beans
  • 15 oz navy beans
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 3 cups raw spinach

Instructions

  • Put broth, soy sauce, rice vinegar, mirin, sesame seed oil, onion, garlic, and ginger in a large pot. Add sweet potatoes. Cook over a medium-high flame until the broth begins to boil.
  • Lower flame and simmer for 5 minutes or until sweet potatoes are fork-tender.
  • Add beans and rice and cook for 2 3 minutes until rice and beans are heated through.
  • Add spinach and cook until just wilted. Serve immediately.

Asian Sweet Potato and Rice Soup Recipe

Article by Alea

Alea Milham shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home at Premeditated Leftovers. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less. Alea can be found on Twitter and Facebook.
Alea has written 52 great articles for us.
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  1. Cathy S. says

    October 23, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    Alea, I’m not seeing the chicken listed as an ingredient. About how much chicken did you use and I assume that it was already cooked before adding to the soup?? Looking forward to trying it. Thanks!

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    • Alea says

      October 23, 2012 at 9:46 pm

      Actually I wrote chicken, but I meant beans. I had chicken on the brain because I adapted my Asian Chicken and Rice Soup and used it as the base for the Sweet Potato and Bean Soup. You could add a cup of cooked chicken if you wished and you could also replace the vegetable broth with chicken broth, but it is delicious and filling without the chicken (and more frugal too).

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      • Cathy S. says

        October 23, 2012 at 10:25 pm

        Thanks Alea! Looks delicious and versatile! Can’t wait to try it either way!

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  2. Regina Cox says

    January 12, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Looks yummy!

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