Wax Bean Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. (30 ml) butter
• 2 onions, chopped
• 4 cups (1 l) yellow wax beans, cut in 3
• 8 cups (2 l) chicken broth
• 1½ cups (375 ml) milk
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) cornstarch
• salt and pepper to taste
• fresh chopped chives to taste

Directions

1. Heat the butter in a stockpot and sauté the onions for 1 min.
2. Add the beans and the chicken broth.
3. Cover and simmer for 25 min.
4. Or until beans are cooked.
5. Mix in the milk.
6. Dilute the cornstarch in a small amount of the warm broth and thicken the soup to taste.
7. Season and sprinkle with fresh chives.