DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Bob Chorba
White-bean soup with red pepper, tomato, carrot, mint and summer savory.
About Bob Chorba
Mira Lyubenova’s Bulgarian white-bean soup is a childhood favourite linked as bob chorba in her Bulgarian recipe collection. This cannellini version combines beans with yellow onion, carrot, red peppers and tomato purée.
Dried mint supplies the seasoning she identifies as typical for Bulgarian bean soup. Summer savory, black pepper and optional thyme add herbal warmth, with parsley at the finish.
The beans soften in their cooking liquid, gradually giving the soup a thick, creamy character. Mashed onion and chopped cooked peppers return to the broth, with cooked sausage offered as an optional companion.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
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Ingredients in Bob Chorba
Mira Lyubenova’s Bulgarian cannellini bob chorba.
- Dried cannellini beansBase
- Yellow onionsAromatic
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Red peppersBase
- Tomato puréeBase
- CarrotsBase
- WaterLiquid
- Vegeta seasoningSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Dried mintAromatic
- Dried thymeAromatic · Optional
- Summer savoryAromatic
- Black pepperSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- ParsleyGarnish
- Cooked sausageAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried cannellini beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected explicit white-bean option23/61, dried form rather than canned shortcut.
- Yellow onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Chopped and whole-cooked/mashed allocations consolidated.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical source unspecified.
- Red peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Sweet red peppers from soup context; exact cultivar unprovided.
- Tomato purée: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual source27/65, exact product formula unprovided.
- Carrots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit traditional overnight soak46/76 and soup67/78. Rinse medium not independently named, quick-soak alternate40 not selected.
- Vegeta seasoning (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional68/43; full compound formula unprovided, no assumed celery/soy.
- Dried mint: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact mint species unprovided.
- Dried thyme (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader thyme link, optional explicitly43 despite card70 lacking marker.
- Summer savory: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cooked sausage (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate optional serving20; exact meat/cereal/spice formula unprovided. Bacon/ham additions to soup are nonselected variations.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Bulgaria
- BulgariaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bulgarian Cuisine
- Bulgarian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.