Recipe: Appetizing La Paz Road Bean Soup

La Paz Road Bean Soup.

You can have La Paz Road Bean Soup using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

You need of Ingredients.
You need of EV olive oil.
It's of diced carrots, amount divided in half.
Prepare of celery, diced.
It's of yellow onion, diced.
You need of fresh rosemary, to be removed before serving.
Prepare of fresh shelled cranberry beans (or canned bean, like cannellini -- if using, drain first).
It's of water or enough to cover the beans by ~ 1.5 inches).
It's of red onion, diced.
Prepare of tomato, chopped.
Prepare of diced zucchini.
Prepare of wheat, corn or rice small pasta -- shells or elbows.
You need of dried lemongrass (trust me!).
It's of soy sauce.
You need of Black pepper, to taste.
It's of crushed red pepper, optional!.

Soften half the carrots, all the diced yellow onions and celery in the EVOO. When translucent, add rosemary and the beans, and cover with ~2" water. Let simmer for 45-minutes to 1 hour, until the beans are soft and the liquid is thickened from the beans..
Add the remaining carrot, tomato, and zucchini, diced, to the pot and let simmer for an additional 15-20 minutes. When vegetables are tender, add the small pasta and the final seasonings -- red crushed pepper, soy sauce and lemongrass. When the pasta is tender, it?s ready to serve..
I also add a twist of two of dried porcini mushrooms from my grinder, but if you don't have it, don't worry. Fresh mushrooms don't really work well here..