DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Ciorbă de fasole
Romanian bean soup with vegetables, tomato and fresh herbs.
About Ciorbă de fasole
Gina Bradea presents ciorbă de fasole in traditional fasting and smoked-meat versions. This profile selects her fasting-style bean and vegetable branch, with tomato-and-pepper paste, tomato juice and fresh herbs.
Onion, carrot and sweet pepper give the broth its vegetable character. Parsley and dill finish the soup, with optional thyme and vinegar for further herbal flavour and acidity.
Whole beans and diced vegetables fill the broth. Fresh bread is the named accompaniment; onion with salt and vinegar is the selected serving option. Optional root vegetables remain part of the published choices.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Optional additions: Celery.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ciorbă de fasole
Gina Bradea’s traditional fasting-style ciorbă de fasole.
- Dried beansBaseIngredient page not linked
- CarrotBase
- Bell pepperBase
- OilCooking medium
- OnionAromatic
- Tomato-and-pepper pasteSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Tomato juiceLiquidIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- ThymeAromatic · Optional
- Fresh parsleyAromatic
- Fresh dillAromatic
- VinegarSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Baking sodaSeasoning · Optional preparation · Optional
- Celery rootAromatic · Optional vegetables · Optional
- ParsnipAromatic · Optional vegetables · Optional
- Parsley rootAromatic · Optional vegetables · Optional
- Fresh breadAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Species/cultivar not specified.
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed ingredient with no separately allocated method addition.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Cooked soup onion and salt/vinegar serving onion consolidated.
- Tomato-and-pepper paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source bulion explicitly tomato and pepper paste; full formula unknown.
- Tomato juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Original juice branch selected over fresh or canned tomatoes.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Type unspecified.
- Thyme (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional card ingredient.
- Fresh parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh dill: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional souring selected from alternatives; also used in selected onion side.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit bean soaking and successive cooking waters.
- Baking soda (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional first bean-boiling water choice instead of whole potato.
- Celery root (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed. Narrative optional root vegetable; exact form/cultivar unresolved.
- Parsnip (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative optional root vegetable.
- Parsley root (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative optional root vegetable.
- Fresh bread: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Ordinary homemade bread required; optional bread-bowl presentation uses same named bread, full formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Romanian Cuisine
- Moldovan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Romanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Transylvanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Banat CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.