Photo: Vegetarian Black Bean Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups organic dried black beans
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 cup diced carrot
- 1 cup diced celery
- 4 cloves garlic, diced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Cumin
- 1/2 cup Sherry
Directions
On a cookie sheet, sort the black beans, removing any rocks, and wash the beans. Place the beans in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook for about 1 hour. Drain beans and rinse. Return to the saucepan and cover with fresh water and cook another 4 to 5 hours, until tender, adding more water as necessary.
Once beans are tender, stir in mire poix of onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Cook until vegetables are tender. Season with salt, pepper and cumin, to taste. Stir in the sherry.
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By gr8grad05_13070122
Haifa
on December 24, 2011
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I added soup mix to the water while the beans were cooking so they'd soak up the salt of the mix. I tasted a bean; it had softened WELL before the time I had expected it to. Then I added the other spices & 3 small bay leaves. My father used to make black bean soup & I remember the bay leaves added a nice flavor, so I didn't want to leave it out. I added the onion, celery, garlic, & I didn't have fresh carrots so I picked out a cup of carrots from my frozen veggie mix, same thing. I remember dad's soup being thick too, and I'm sure he'd added cornstarch. I added flour. I boiled the whole concoction for about 10 minutes so the flour would dissolve. I should have done a separate roux with a little non-flavored oil and added it in. I will do this next time. I do believe the soup will taste just as good as it smells! We're excited. This recipe is a good BASIS for creating your own soup that you can enjoy throughout the winter.
By emer333_12506111
Collingdale, 78
on September 14, 2011
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I added potatoes and 1/4 C. home-made tomato sauce, and no sherry.
I also used less beans, more carrots and celery..
By lucinda_starshi...
brooklyn, 72
on May 23, 2010
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I added kombu seaweed to the beans, garlic with the onions, a lot more cumin than the recipe called for, and some coriander. Still, bland. Only the addition of some red cooking wine (substituted for sherry at the last minute perked it up a bit.
At least, it was easy, and took only a few ingredients.
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