Spicy Black Bean Soup
- Level: Easy
- Total: 50 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Cook: 30 min
- Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients
Soup:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (4-ounce) dry-cured chorizo sausage, chopped
1/2 onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 jalapeno, seeded and diced
3 (15-ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
1 canned chipotle chile plus 1 tablespoon adobo sauce
4 cups chicken broth
Sliced green onions, for serving
Cumin Lime Sour Cream:
1/2 cup lowfat sour cream
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Juice of 1/2 a lime
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- For the soup: Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the chorizo, onions, garlic and jalapeno and saute until tender, about 4 minutes. Add the black beans, chipotle pepper, adobo sauce and broth and simmer for 25 minutes so all the flavors can marry together.
- Blend half of the soup, using either a blender or an immersion blender, leaving some whole beans for texture.
- For the sour cream: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Taste for seasoning and plate topped with cumin lime sour cream and sliced green onions.
