Bouneschlupp

Name: Bouneschlupp
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Luxembourg
Ingredients: 1.5 lbs green beans, trimmed and cut; 4 potatoes, diced; 1 onion, diced; 4 oz bacon or smoked pork, diced; 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock; 1/4 cup cream; 1 tsp savory or thyme; Salt and pepper to taste

6 servings20 min prep40 min cookEasy Luxembourg

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The Story Behind It

The Tale of Bouneschlupp

Story updated September 17, 2026

Bouneschlupp, a Luxembourg green bean soup with potatoes and bacon, is a homely, everyday dish rather than one tied to a particular story or date. It reflects the same straightforward, farmhouse cooking sensibility found across Luxembourg's small culinary tradition.

Ingredients

Scale:· 6 servings

1.5 lbs green beans, trimmed and cut
4 potatoes, diced
1 onion, diced
4 oz bacon or smoked pork, diced
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1/4 cup cream
1 tsp savory or thyme
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1Render bacon in a large pot until crisp, then sauté onion in the fat until soft.
2Add potatoes and stock and simmer 10 minutes.
3Add green beans and savory, and simmer until both potatoes and beans are tender, about 20 minutes.
4Mash a few potato pieces against the pot side to lightly thicken the soup.
5Stir in cream and warm through without boiling.
6Season to taste and serve hot with bread.

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