Succotash Soup Recipes

BEST-EVER SUCCOTASH

Steps:

• Place lima beans in a medium saucepan, and add water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high. Reduce to medium-low, and simmer until beans are just tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• While beans simmer, place bacon slices in a large cast-iron skillet over medium. Cook until crisp, about 8 minutes, turning once after 5 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels; crumble and set aside. Reserve drippings in skillet.
• Add chopped onion, fresh okra, and garlic to skillet over medium, and cook, stirring often, until onion is just tender, about 6 minutes. Stir in fresh corn kernels, salt, pepper, and drained beans, and cook, stirring often, until corn is tender and bright yellow, 5 to 6 minutes. Add butter, and cook, stirring constantly, until butter is melted, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Stir in halved cherry tomatoes and sliced basil; sprinkle with crumbled bacon, and serve immediately.

SUCCOTASH SOUP

Steps:

• Boil lima beans for ten minutes.
• Drain, rinse and drain again.
• Layer bacon on bottom of crockpot.
• Pour beans on top.
• Pour tomatoes (with juice) and corn (with juice) on top.
• Break up tomatoes if they're whole.
• Add broth and water.
• Cook on high for 3-4 hours (or low for 6-8 hours).
• Stir and serve.

SUCCOTASH SOUP

Steps:

• Fry bacon in Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon and crumble; set aside.
• Add onion and celery and cook 5 minutes until tender. Stir in flour, cook one minutes to a thin paste. Stir in chicken broth. Bring to a boil, stirring, until slightly thickened.
• Add bacon, corn, lima beans, bay leaf, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in half and half. taste and adjust seasonings. Remove bay leaf and serve.

SUCCOTASH

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large saucepan, simmer ham hock in water until tender, 1-1/2 hours. Cool; remove meat from the bone and return to pan. (Discard bone and broth or save for another use.) Add the tomatoes, beans, peas, corn, green pepper, onion, ketchup and seasonings. Simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes. Add okra; simmer, uncovered, until tender, 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf before serving. Garnish with dill and chives, if desired.

CHEF JOHN'S SUCCOTASH

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion with a pinch of salt in hot butter and oil until onion is softened and slightly golden, 6 to 7 minutes. Add red bell pepper, jalapeno, and garlic; cook and stir until peppers are fragrant and softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir tomatoes, cumin, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into onion mixture; cook and stir until heated through, 1 to 3 minutes. Add zucchini, green beans, water, and a pinch of salt; cook until zucchini are almost tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir corn and lima beans into zucchini mixture until heated through, about 3 to 5 minutes more. Season with salt.

SUCCOTASH SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Over medium heat, melt butter in dutch oven. Saute onions and celery 5-7 minutes.
• 2. Add lima beans, stir and cook 5 minutes; add corn, stir and cook 2 more minutes.
• 3. Remove one third of the veggie mixture and puree in blender. Return this mixture to the dutch oven.
• 4. Add chicken stock, nutmeg and marjoram. Simmer about 10 minutes.
• 5. Reduce the heat. Stir in the heavy cream, salt and pepper to taste. Cook over low heat for about 5 minutes. Do not boil. Serve immediately.