Cook the Book: Rick Bayless's Black Bean Soup

Name: Cook the Book: Rick Bayless's Black Bean Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 118 milliliters crumbled queso fresco or cheddar cheese; 3 chipotle chiles in adobo, chopped; 170 grams (about 1 link) Mexican-style chorizo, casing removed and crumbled; 5 corn tostadas, broken up or a handful of corn tortilla chips; 355 milliliters 3/4 pound dried black beans, picked over; 1 stalk fennel, chopped; 1 medium onion, chopped; 4 teaspoons salt, or more to taste; 12 mediums shrimp, peeled and deveined if necessary; 3 liters water

Cook the Book: Rick Bayless's Black Bean Soup might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 384 calories, 24g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. If you have shrimp, water, chorizo, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It is perfect for Autumn. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large pot, place the beans and cover with 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn the heat off and let the beans sit for 1 hour.

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Beans

Water

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Pot

Drain.

Return the beans to the pot and cover with the remaining 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low, stir in the chorizo, fennel, onion, and chipotle chiles in adobo, partially cover, and simmer until the beans are tender, about 2 hours.

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Canned Chipotle Chiles In Adobo

Chorizo

Fennel

Beans

Onion

Water

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Pot

Transfer the soup to a blender, in batches if necessary, and blend until it forms a smooth puree. Return the soup to the pot, add the salt and pepper, stir, and heat over medium heat until hot, then add the shrimp and cook until they are orange-red, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper