Best Spiced Black Bean Soup Recipes

SPICED BLACK BEAN & CHICKEN SOUP WITH KALE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the garlic, coriander stalks and lime zest, then fry for 2 mins until fragrant. Stir in the cumin and chilli flakes, fry for 1 min more, then tip in the tomatoes, beans and stock. Bring to the boil, then crush the beans against the bottom of the pan a few times using a potato masher. This will thicken the soup a little.
• Stir the kale into the soup, simmer for 5 mins or until tender, then tear in the chicken and let it heat through. Season to taste with salt, pepper and juice from half the lime, then serve in shallow bowls, scattered with the feta and a few coriander leaves. Serve the remaining lime in wedges for the table, with the toasted tortillas on the side. The longer you leave the chicken in the pan, the thicker the soup will become, so add a splash more stock if you can't serve the soup straight away.

SPICED BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil saucepan over medium-high heat. Add chopped veggies and saute until onion is translucent.
• Add ginger and garlic and saute for one more minute, until garlic is fragrant.
• Add black beans, vegetable broth and the rest of the spices. Bring to boil, then simmer for 30-35 minutes.
• Optional: If desired, use food processor or blender and puree half of mixture (leaving half 'chunky'), then return to pan and heat through.
• Top each bowl with 1 tablespoon ff sour cream or ff yogurt and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro - even though I love cilantro and sour cream; I happen to enjoy this soup 'as is.'.

SPICED BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook sausage in stockpot over medium high heat. Put cooked sausage on platter and set aside. Add onion and garlic to remaining fat from sausage and saute for 5 min. Stir in pepper, chiles and cumin and let simmer for 10 min. Add beans, stock and fresh bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 20 min. Remove bay leaves. Puree half of the soup in a blender (or use a hand blender) and return to pot. Add sausage and 1/3 C. fresh cilantro. Simmer for 15 min. and season with salt and pepper. Garnish each serving with sour cream and fresh cilantro.