Black Bean Soup
Need a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian soup? Black Bean Soup could be an excellent recipe to try. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 154 calories, 10g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of beans, tomato paste, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes.
Instructions
Sort and wash beans; place in a large Dutch oven. Cover with water to 2 inches above beans; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour.
Heat the olive oil in pan over medium-high heat.
Add onion and garlic to pan; saut for 3 minutes or until tender.
Add beans, 2 1/2 cups water, oregano, red pepper, cumin, broth, and chiles; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until beans are tender.
Place half of bean mixture in a blender.
Remove center piece of blender lid (to allow steam to escape); secure blender lid on blender.
Place a clean towel over opening in blender lid (to avoid splatters). Blend until smooth.
Pour pureed soup into a bowl. Repeat procedure with remaining soup. Return to pan. Stir in tomato paste and salt; cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Ladle 1 1/4 cups soup into each of 4 bowls; top each serving with about 1/3 cup chopped eggs.
Sprinkle each serving with chopped fresh cilantro, if desired.