Scot's Thai Soup

Ingredients

• ✓ 2 quarts vegetable broth
• ✓ 1 cup dried red beans
• ✓ 1 cup quinoa, or more to taste
• ✓ 1 cup pearl barley, or more to taste
• ✓ 1 stalk celery, chopped
• ✓ 1 tomato, diced
• ✓ 6 cloves garlic (or more to taste), peeled and chopped
• ✓ 1 red chile pepper, sliced
• ✓ ½ green bell pepper (or more to taste), cut into 1-inch pieces
• ✓ ½ cup chopped green onion, or more to taste
• ✓ 2 ounces Thai red curry paste
• ✓ 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger root, peeled and thinly sliced (or more to taste)
• ✓ 3 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder, or more to taste
• ✓ 2 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning, or more to taste
• ✓ 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
• ✓ 2 teaspoons dried chives
• ✓ 2 teaspoons onion powder
• ✓ 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• ✓ 1 (5.6 ounce) can coconut milk
• ✓ 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice