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Fava Bean and Chicory Soup

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(49 votes)

Category:     Soups and Broths

Description:
A very elegant slightly bitter tasting soup coming from southern Italy. May be an appetizer or an entree, it depends on quantity


General applicability:

Fava Bean and Chicory Soup
Green: recipe contains only neutral or a beneficials ingredients for that type.
Yellow: recipe contains an secondary avoid ingredient that may be substituted by a more permissable one.
Orange: contains an avoid in a primary ingredient.



Ingredient list:
  • 1 small onion, cubed or thinly sliced
  • 2 cups of dry fava beans halved and without skin (I find them always ready to use)
  • broth or broth substitute
  • 4 large cups of chicory greens (endive or radicchio can be a substitution)
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • carrots, optional
  • celery, optional
  • tamari, optional
  • Parmesan or Romano cheese, optional


How to make it:
  • Put in a deep pan the vegetables, the broth (or water plus broth substitute) and the beans so that the beans are covered by least two inch of broth.
  • Cook at low heat for 45-50 minutes watching the liquid.
  • After 30 minutes add the chicory greens washed and cut in small pieces.
  • It may be drizzled with a little tamari or Parmesan or Romano cheese.
  • Serves three as a main dish with compliant bread, rice crackers or focaccia or five as an entree.
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Blood Type Diet Analysis:

Core Ingredients Analysis:
The ingredients in this category are either BTD compliant for all types or the recipe author and/or editor did not suggest a possible substitution. If this category contains avoids for your blood type this recipe may not work for you, unless you feel like you can omit the item or make an appropriate substitution.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Onion, all types
B
N
B
N
B
B
B
N
Olive Oil
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B


Variations and Substitutions Analysis:
This category of ingredients contains possible substitutions that may allow different blood types to use the recipe or ingredients that can be left out of the recipe altogether.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Chicory
B
N
B
N
B
N
B
N
Parmesan Cheese
A
N
A
A
A
A
A
A
Endive
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Soybean Sauce, Tamari, Wheat-free
B
N
N
N
N
N
A
N
Celery
B
N
N
B
N
N
N
B
Radicchio
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Carrots
B
B
N
N
N
B
B
N


Macronutrient Analysis:

This recipe may contain macronutrients with important effects on health

  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in lignans
  • The recipe may contain ingredients encourage health microbiome balance