Bean & Bacon Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 120 g lardons or 120 g streaky bacon
• 1 medium onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 carrot
• 400 g chopped tomatoes
• 700 ml chicken stock (i use a cube)
• 400 g rinsed butter beans or 400 g haricot beans
• 10 g basil

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil and add the bacon and cook until the fat begins to run.
• 2 then add the chopped onion, garlic, celery,carrot, and cook for 5 min's med heat.
• 3 then add tomatoes and stock and bring to the boil and simmer for 20min's
• 4 stir in the beans and reheat until boiling
• 5 add seasoning and chopped basil and serve with some nice crusty bread.