Black Bean Stoup and Southwestern Monte Cristo Sandwiches
Black Bean Stoup and Southwestern Monte Cristo Sandwiches might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1082 calories, 64g of protein, and 50g of fat each. This recipe covers 58% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up bay leaves, vegetable stock, tomato salsa, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the ham you could follow this main course with the Apple Graham Dessert as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes.
Instructions
1
Heat a medium soup pot over medium-high heat.
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Soup
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Pot
2
Add EVOO to hot pot then bay leaves, jalapeno, garlic, celery and onions. Cook 3 to 4 minutes, then add red peppers and continue to cook.
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Red Pepper
Bay Leaves
Jalapeno Pepper
Celery
Garlic
Onion
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
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Pot
3
Drain 2 cans of beans and add them. With remaining can, pour the juice and half the beans into the pot. Use a fork to mash up the beans remaining in the can. Stir the mashed beans into the pot and season with cumin, coriander, salt and pepper and 2 to 3 tablespoons hot sauce.
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Salt And Pepper
Coriander
Hot Sauce
Beans
Cumin
Juice
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Pot
4
Add stock and tomatoes to the stoup and bring to a bubble. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes over low heat.
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Tomato
Stock
5
While stoup cooks, make Monte Cristos: spread bread with a light layer of pepper jelly or chili sauce, salsa, taco sauce then build sandwiches using 2 slices each of ham, cheese and turkey per sandwich. Beat eggs with milk and 2 teaspoons hot sauce and season the eggs with a little salt.
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Pepper Jelly
Chili Sauce
Spread
Hot Sauce
Cheese
Whole Turkey
Bread
Salsa
Egg
Milk
Salt
Ham
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Heat a griddle pan or nonstick skillet over medium heat. Melt butter in skillet. Dip each sandwich in egg coating and cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side to melt cheese and warm the meats through.
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Melting Cheese
Butter
Dip
Egg
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Frying Pan
7
In a small bowl, mix together sour cream and scallions and reserve for topping the stoup. Ladle up black bean soup and top with sour cream mixture.
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Black Bean Soup
Sour Cream
Green Onions
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Ladle
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8
Cut Monte Cristos corner to corner and serve alongside soup for dipping and munching.