Greek White Bean Soup Molyvos Nyc Recipes

GREEK WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH GARLIC & LEMON

Steps:

• Drain the beans from the water they've soaked in overnight.
• Half fill a cooking pot with water and add the beans. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cook for 3-4 minutes and then drain beans in a strainer.
• In a medium-sized cooking pot add the olive oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened and golden in color.
• Add the beans along with 1.5 liters of water (or 1 liter of water + 500 ml vegetable stock) and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat to medium-low and with the lid on partly open on the side, simmer for about 2 hours or until beans are completely soft and tender (cooking time may depend of the variety and quality of the beans).
• Add the celery and carrot and season with salt and pepper. Continue simmering, stirring occasionally until the soup gets nice and thick. Then add the lemon juice and zest and cook for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat and serve with freshly ground pepper on top and an extra squeeze of fresh lemon if you like.
• Using the saute function, add the olive oil and cook the onion and garlic until softened and golden in color.
• Add the remaining ingredients along with 1,5 liters of water (or 1 liter of water +500 ml vegetable stock) and close the lid. Cook on manual for 20 minutes. Let the pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then turn the valve to venting. Once it releases the steam open the lid. Finish off with the lemon juice + zest.
• If using a slow cooker, take the time to separately saute the garlic and onion in olive oil until golden using a separate skillet as it will make a huge difference to flavor instead of adding everything in at once. Add the sauteed ingredients in your slow cooker along with the remaining ingredients except for the lemon juice + zest, and 1,5 liters of water (or 1 liter of water +500 ml vegetable stock) and cook either on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours. Add the lemon juice and zest and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Using the saute function, add the olive oil and cook the onion and garlic until softened and golden in color.
• Add the remaining ingredients along with 1,5 liters of water (or 1 liter of water +500 ml vegetable stock) except for the lemon juice+ zest. Put the lead on and switching on the slow cooker function to normal, cook for 8 hours or for 4 hours on high. Finish with the lemon juice + zest.

GREEK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a large bowl or pot and cover with fresh water. Allow to soak 8 hours to overnight.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large, heavy soup pot. Cook celery and onion until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more.
• Drain beans and add to the pot with the onion mixture. Cover with 2 inches of cold water and add tomatoes, parsley, dill, oregano, and basil. Bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat and cook until beans are soft, checking every 15 to 20 minutes and adding water as necessary, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Add remaining 1/4 cup olive oil to the soup and season with salt, pepper, and sugar.

GREEK WHITE BEAN SOUP - MOLYVOS, NYC

Steps:

• 1. Soak beans until wrinkled and split ove, 2-4 hrs. Drain 2. In a dutch oven, add beans, onion, leek, broth and simmer until soft, 1 hr. 3. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper 4. Reserve 1/2 of the soup and using an immersion blender, puree remaining 1/2 . Combine. May be refrigerated at this point for 4 days. 5. To serve, reheat until almost boiling. Mix in the spinach and cook 3-4 min. 6. Plate and sprinkle with 1 T cheese and 1 t oil.

CHICKEN SOUP MOLYVOS

Steps:

• Rinse chicken well inside and out with cold water, and pat dry with paper towels. Season inside and out with salt and pepper.
• Put chicken stock in a large pot, and bring to a boil, covered, over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cheesecloth sachet. (If the chicken is not totally covered by the stock, cut it in half through the backbone). Return the stock to a boil, uncovered, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook the chicken, skimming frequently, about 45 minutes, or until it is so tender the meat begins to pull away from the leg bone.
• Remove chicken to a platter, and reserve chicken broth. When chicken is cool enough to handle, remove and discard the skin. Remove meat and discard bones. Cut meat into bite-size pieces, and reserve.
• Strain chicken broth into a large saucepan, and discard the sachet. (Soup can be refrigerated at this point and finished right before serving.) Remove 1 cup broth to a small saucepan, and bring to a simmer. Prepare avgolemono using this cup of broth.
• Bring the rest of the soup to a boil, and add the reserved chicken pieces. Keep hot over a low flame.
• Put the avgolemono in a stainless steel bowl, and gradually add a few ladles of the hot chicken soup, whisking constantly. When thoroughly combined, slowly pour the avgolemono into the soup, whisking continously. Stir in the dill, and add salt and pepper if desired.
• To serve, ladle the soup into warm bowls, and sprinkle each with equal amounts of shredded lettuce and scallions.