bob chorba

{{short description|Bulgarian bean soup}}

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| name = Bob chorba

| image = Bean soup with tomatoes and red peppers.jpeg

| caption = Bulgarian bean soup with tomatoes and red peppers

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| country = Bulgaria

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| type = Soup

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| main_ingredient = Dried beans, onions, tomatoes, chubritza or dzhodzhen (spearmint), carrots

| variations = Bean soup with sausage

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Bob chorba ({{langx|bg|боб чорба; lit. "bean soup"}}) is a chorba, a Bulgarian soup.{{cite book | last=Kinser | first=K. | title=Vegan Beans from Around the World: 100 Adventurous Recipes for the Most Delicious, Nutritious, and Flavorful Bean Dishes Ever | publisher=Ulysses Press | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-61243-285-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qitfAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 | access-date=November 6, 2018 | page=29}} It is made from dry beans, onions, tomatoes, chubritza or dzhodzhen (spearmint) and carrots.

Local variations may also exclude the carrots or include paprika, potatoes or even some kind of meat. Historically, it has been a common soup and staple food at Bulgarian monasteries.{{cite book | last=Albala | first=K. | title=Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia | publisher=Greenwood | issue=v. 2 | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-313-37626-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTo6c_PJWRgC&pg=RA3-PA67 | access-date=November 6, 2018 | page=67}}