Transylvanian Green Bean Soup & Smoked Ham
Created by Dee Ben on July 24, 2025
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 8m
- Cook Time: 60m
- Recipe #44908
Ingredients
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 5 garlic cloves, diced
- 1 pound ham
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 pounds green beans, frozen, cut in bite size pieces
- 2 carrots, diced
- 1 cup red pepper, diced
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 15 ounces potatoes, diced (1 can)
- 2 cups tomatoes, diced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme, dried
- 8 cups water
- 1 teaspoon dill, dried
- 1 teaspoon parsley, dried
- 2 tablespoons vinegar, to taste
- 8 ounces sour cream
How to Make
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Step 1: Add oil in a soup pot and add ham and onion
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Step 2: Add garlic.
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Step 3: Sauté them on medium heat for about 3-4 minutes, or until the onion looks translucent.
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Step 4: Add the chopped carrots, pepper and celery .
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Step 5: Keep sautéing until the vegetables are soft.
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Step 6: Add the frozen beans, paprika, salt, pepper and dried thyme.
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Step 7: Add the fresh diced tomatoes.
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Step 8: Mix everything well.
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Step 9: Add water, dried herbs and potatoes and allow it to simmer for 30 minutes.
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Step 10: Taste and season if necessary.
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Step 11: Add vinegar little by little to make the soup a little bit sour, but taste the soup to know when to stop. Some people like it to be more sour.
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Step 12: Serve a dollop of sour cream in bowl.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (614.3 g)
- Calories 290.9
- Total Fat - 13.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.4 g
- Cholesterol - 40.2 mg
- Sodium - 1455.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.5 g
- Sugars - 5.7 g
- Protein - 19.8 g
- Calcium - 144.3 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 17 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg