Red Kidney Bean Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 lb / 500g Red bean
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 2 oz / 50g Pork belly or Bacon (optionally ½cup / 100ml cooking oil)
• 2 medium Onion (diced)
• 1 lb / 500 Pork (diced or Bone)
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 6 Black pepper (whole)
• 1 teaspoon Parsley
• 2 pieces Laurel leaf (optional)
• 2 medium Tomato
• 1 teaspoon Paprika (or cayanne, chili powder if hot preferred)
• 1 slice Spanish ham (optional)
• 8 slices Spanish chorizo (optional like this)
• 1 handful Spinach
• 1 Parsnip or Hamburg parsley root (optional)
• 7 cups / 1.7L Water
• 12 oz / 400g Carrot (sliced)