Recipe - Creamy Lima Bean Soup With Bacon

3 sl Lean bacon
1 small Onion; chopped fine
1 cup Chicken broth
1 pack (10oz) frozen lima beans
1/3 cup Thinly cut or sliced up scallion green

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

In a skillet cook the bacon over moderate heat, turning it, until it is
crisp, transfer it to paper towels to drain, and crumble it. Transfer 1
tablespoon of the fat to a heavy saucepan and in it cook the onion over
moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened. Add the broth, 1 cup
water, and the lima beans, simmer the mixture for 8 minutes, or until the
beans are tender, and season it with salt and pepper. In a food processor
purée the soup, return it to the pan, and heat it over moderate heat until
it is hot. Ladle the soup into 2 bowls and sprinkle the scallion green and
the bacon over it.

Makes about 3 cups, serving 2

Gourmet September 1991

Posted to recipeludigest by Sandy sandysno@pctech.net on Feb 27, 1998