Sweet and Spicy Black Bean Soup
From chefcarolyn 17 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This soup is perfect for a chilly night. Serve it up with some cornbread and you'll have a perfect vegetarian meal.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil shopping list
- 2 medium-size red onions, chopped shopping list
- 2 medium-size red bell pepper, chopped shopping list
- 8 garlic cloves, minced shopping list
- 4 teaspoons ground cumin shopping list
- 3 cans black beans, drained shopping list
- 1 tablespoon chopped canned chipotle chilies shopping list
- 4 cups vegetable stock, 2 cups water shopping list
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice shopping list
- 3 T honey shopping list
- 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper shopping list
- 1 T red wine vinegar shopping list
- 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt, sour cream shopping list
- 1/2 cup chopped seeded plum tomatoes shopping list
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro shopping list
How to make it
- Heat olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and both bell peppers and sauté until beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Add garlic and cumin; stir 1 minute. Transfer mixture to 6-quart saucepan. Add beans and chipotles, then 6 cups liquid. Cover and cook on high 30 – 45 minutes. Transfer 3 cups bean mixture to blender (or use an immersion blender to puree some of the beans in the pot); puree until smooth. Return puree to remaining. Stir in lime juice, honey, vinegar, salt, and pepper.
- Ladle soup into bowls. Spoon dollop of yogurt into each bowl. Sprinkle with tomatoes and cilantro and serve.
- *Chipotle chiles canned in a spicy tomato sauce, sometimes called adobo, are available at Latin American markets and many supermarkets.
- Don't leave out the vinegar as it gives a brightness to the soup that really livens it up. Substitute lemon or lime juice if desired.
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Reviewed by 5 people-
I'm going to make this for lunch today because it is one of those first really cold fall days and promises lots of winter weather to come. This sounds like a great warming up soup for a cold Sunday afternoon. Thanks!
mbelisle
in Suva loved it
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The soup was great! We will definitely make that again at our house. Thanks so much.
mbelisle
in Suva loved it
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thanks for sharing a great recipe
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in Dallas loved it
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