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Baby Lima Soup with Chipotle Broth
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Baby Lima Soup with Chipotle Broth

8 ingredients Serves 6. openrecipes
Baby Lima Soup with Chipotle Broth

Made from just five ingredients, this is a vibrant, chipotle-spiked, brothy soup that requires minimal babysitting. The dainty baby lima beans soften up in about an hour without any pre-soaking or fuss.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

395
Calories
9g
Protein
26g
Fat
36g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lima Bean 1/2 cup (85g) cooked 108
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound dried baby lima beans, picked over and rinsed
  • 10 cups water
  • 1 head garlic, top lobbed off to expose the cloves and loose skins removed
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or clarified butter
  • 1 onion, halved top to bottom and sliced into thin crescents
  • 1 to 2 chipotles in adobo sauce
  • 2 teaspoons fine-grain sea salt
  • Squeeze of lime juice (optional)

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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