Bean And Sauerkraut Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 pound Navy beans
• Salt to taste
• Smoked sausage (kielbasa)
• sliced
• 1 lg. can sauerkraut
• Flour and paprika for roux
• 1/2 pt. lowfat sour cream
• 1 c. lowfat milk

Instructions

1. Wash and clean 1 lb.
2. of Navy beans.
3. Cover generously with water, add in salt, and cook slowly for several hrs till beans are soft.
4. About halfway through the cooking process, add in sliced smoked sausage.
5. When beans and sausage are cooked, add in sauerkraut that has been squeezed dry and minced.
6. Cook for an additional 1/2 hour or possibly more.
7. Add in roux (flour and shortening cooked over a low flame till lightly brown) to that a Tbsp.
8. of paprika has been added just before removing from the flame.
9. Remember, paprika burns easily so this should be done very quickly.
10. Add in sufficient water to the roux so which it will mix easily when added to the soup.
11. Add in lowfat milk and spoon in lowfat sour cream and serve.