Description
A simple green bean and potato soup with a light, savory broth, enhanced by smoky bacon and tangy sour cream. Perfect for quick weeknight dinners.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 slices Bacon
- 1 medium Onion
- 300 grams Green Beans
- 3 medium Potatoes
- 1 liter Stock
- 150 grams Sour Cream
- 1 teaspoon Savory (dried)
- to taste Salt
- to taste Pepper
Instructions
- Heat a pot and cook the bacon until it is brown. Save some bacon bits for garnish.
- Sauté the onion in the bacon fat until soft.
- Add potatoes, green beans, and stock.
- Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender.
- Stir in sour cream off heat to prevent it from splitting.
- Add savory, salt, and pepper last and taste.
- Let the soup rest a few minutes before serving.
Notes
Trim and chop the green beans to similar sizes for even cooking. Don’t boil the sour cream; stir it in off heat. Leftovers often taste better the next day as the flavors blend.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: German
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 25mg