Papago Tepary Bean Soup is a nice, healthy soup for a cold winter day.  Like all soups, you can modify this recipe on the fly, which means this is really lot’s of recipes in one!

Ingredients:

• 2 c  Tepary beans, soaked
• 1 ts Mixed oregano and cumin
• 1 Clove garlic, diced
• 1 md Onion, chopped
• 6 c  Water
• 1 c  Diced celery
• 3 c  Tomatoes w/juice
• 2 Carrots, sliced
• 4 Slices bacon, diced*

Directions:

Drain soaked beans and bring to boil in big pot.  When tender, fry bacon until limp.  Remove bacon; add onion, carrots, celery and garlic and saute. Add bacon, tomatoes and juice and the remaining spices.  Cook 10 minutes and  add beans.  Cook another hour until beans are mealy-tender. Optional: Dried red chile pepper may be stirred into pot during the last 10 minutes. Serve with flour tortillas or fresh frybread.

Serves 6.

*Vegetarians - can leave bacon out

Recipe from: Papa
photo credit: Simon Aughton