Cuban Black Bean Soup
From vikirose13 16 years ago
- 140 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Nutritious, delicious black beans lends a nice base for decoration with shrimp and a dollop of sour cream or creme fraiche. From the old 4th Street Grill in Berkeley, CA
Ingredients
- 2 cups black beans shopping list
- 1 large coarsely chopped yellow onion shopping list
- 2 cups chopped Italian plum tomatoes shopping list
- 6 peeled garlic cloves shopping list
- 3 bay leaves shopping list
- 1/2 tsp whole thyme shopping list
- 1 tsp. coarsely ground pepper shopping list
- 4-6 cups stock or water shopping list
- ham bone or prosciutto bone shopping list
- 1 white onion, chopped shopping list
- A handful of coriander leaves shopping list
- Peeled cooked shrimp for garnish(optional) shopping list
- sour cream or creme fraiche (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- Rinse beans and pick out dirt, etc.
- Cover beans with water at least an inch over them.
- Bring to boil, then turn off.
- Leave beans for 2 hours.
- Place beans in a large stock pot.
- Add yellow onion, tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves and spices.
- Cover with 4-6 cups stock or water.
- Add ham or prosciutto bone.
- Simmer, uncovered 2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes.
- Garnish with chopped white onion and coriander leaves
- Add shrimp if desired.
- Add a spoon of sour cream or creme fraiche (optional)
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excellent!
greekgirrrl
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black bean soup weather is just around the corner..good post ^5
peetabear
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Fabulous recipe, filling, healthy and flavorful! Great posting!
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