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Black Bean Soup
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Black Bean Soup
Serves 4 - 6 - This is quick and easy but really good. Just be careful when you use the blender...
Serves 4 - 6
Ingredients
1/2 onion, diced
2 - 3 ribs of celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Olive oil
4 cans black beans, drained and rinsed well
1 quart chicken broth
1 Tablespoon cumin
Fresh lime wedges
Sour cream
Fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
Directions
Heat a skillet on the stove and add about 2 Tablespoons Olive oil
Add the onion, celery and carrot and cook until softened (but don’t let them brown)
Add the garlic and continue to cook
Add the cumin and heat until it becomes fragrant
Add the black beans and chicken broth and simmer for about 10 minutes
Place 3 or 4 ladles full of the beans without much of the broth into a blender
Cover and hold the top with a towel and puree the beans
Add the bean puree back into the soup and mix well
To serve put some soup into a bowl and squeeze a fresh lime wedge over the top
Add a spoonful of sour cream and sprinkle with a bit of the chopped cilantro
Stir it all together and enjoy