Starflower's Succotash Soup
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
10 bowls
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 16 ounces frozen corn
- 16 ounces frozen lima beans
- 16 ounces frozen cut okra
- 1 medium onion
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes with juice (canned)
- 1⁄3 lb salt pork (for seasoning)
directions
- Put corn, lima beans, okra, and can of tomatoes (do not drain, the juice goes in the soup to make more flavor) into large soup pot.
- Cut salt pork into 1 inch pieces, dice onion, and cook both in skillet for about 5 minutes until onions become transparent. Stir around frequently.
- Add salt pork and onions to the soup pot.
- Add enough water to just barely cover. (Usually I fill my empty can from the tomatoes with water and that equals just the right amount to cover everything.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer and cover.
- Let cook for about an hour, until beans are soft, stirring occasionally.
- NOTES on salt pork: you CAN eat the salt pork, but that is going to add a lot of fat into this recipe, it is really there to just help season the soup. Also, salt pork, is obviously very salty, if you get a piece that has A LOT of salt on it, be sure to rinse the excess salt off before cutting/cooking.
- Additional Notes: If your soup comes out too salty, put some diced potatoes in it, to suck up the salt. Diced potatoes were part of the original recipe, but I am very picky about potatoes, and do not like the consistency of them in soup, but if you usually eat any soup with potatoes you should be ok to add some.
- This recipe is great for lunch during the week, and freezes well. If you froze it, you can either microwave or warm up in a pot.
- When microwaving leftovers be sure to cover, as the salt pork and lima beans like to "pop" and splatter all over the microwave.
- To make a vegetarian dish, just take out salt pork- you will need to add some salt, especially if using potatoes.
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I'm 22 years old and a nursing student. I love to cook, and I'm pretty sure if I have a midlife crisis I would go to cooking school. I'm not an extremely experienced cook, but I am figuring things out, and really enjoy it. I like taking recipes and giving them my own twist, or making them healthier.