Yemenite Bean Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 16 ounces navy beans (soaked for 24 hours, rinsed, and boiled) or 16 ounces pinto beans, dried (soaked for 24 hours, rinsed, and boiled)
• 6 ounces canned tomato paste
• 4 medium potatoes, cut into small cubes
• 1 lb steak (not a fatty cut) or 1 lb stewing beef (not a fatty cut)
• 6 carrots, diced
• 3 tablespoons chicken soup consomme
• 4 tablespoons cumin, ground
• 1 tablespoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cardamom, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• water (approximately 2 quarts)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 cut meat into very small bite-sized pieces.
• 2 sear meat in frying pan.
• 3 add all ingredients together in a large soup pot and bring to a boil.
• 4 lower heat and simmer for several hours until everything is tender.
• 5 salt and add chicken consomme powder to taste.