Pasta and Bean Soup

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Appears in Cook's Country April​/May 2008

Speeding up traditional past and bean soups, canned beans and store-bought broth result in dull, bland, watery, or greasy soups. We wanted an easy soup that tasted just as good as traditional recipes.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 55 minutes

Pasta and Bean Soup

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Traditional pasta and bean soup recipes start by cooking dried beans for hours in either water or broth to create a rich, flavorful base. Because we wanted to streamline our Pasta and Bean Soup recipe by using canned beans and store-bought ...

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