Black Bean Soup

Name: Black Bean Soup
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Sour cream, chopped cilantro, chopped green onions, and/or crumbled feta cheese (optional); Sour cream, chopped cilantro, chopped green onions, and/or crumbled feta cheese (optional); Sour cream, chopped cilantro, chopped green onions, and/or crumbled feta cheese (optional); Salt and pepper to taste; Salt and pepper to taste; 4 cups (1 L) chicken or vegetable stock; 4 cups (1 L) chicken or vegetable stock; 14 oz (398 mL) or 28 oz (796 mL) can diced or stewed tomatoes, undrained; Sour cream, chopped cilantro, chopped green onions, and/or crumbled feta cheese (optional); 2 celery stalks, chopped (including the leafy parts!); 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced, or 1 tsp (5 mL) chopped canned chipotle chilies; 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced, or 1 tsp (5 mL) chopped canned chipotle chilies; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; Canola or olive oil, for cooking; Canola or olive oil, for cooking; 1 onion, peeled and chopped; 1 carrot, peeled and chopped; 12 oz (341 mL) can kernel corn, drained, or kernels scraped from 1 to 2 fresh corn cobs (optional); 12 oz (341 mL) can kernel corn, drained, or kernels scraped from 1 to 2 fresh corn cobs (optional); 12 oz (341 mL) can kernel corn, drained, or kernels scraped from 1 to 2 fresh corn cobs (optional); 14 oz (398 mL) or 28 oz (796 mL) can diced or stewed tomatoes, undrained; 1 small red or yellow bell pepper, chopped; 1 small red or yellow bell pepper, chopped; 2 tsp (10 mL) ground cumin; 2 cups (500 mL) cooked black beans, or a 19 oz (540 mL) can, rinsed and drained

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spilling The Beans

By Julie Van Rosendaal and Sue Duncan

Published 2011

About

This soup improves in flavour (and spiciness) after a day or two in the refrigerator, so make it ahead if you can. To make it a little more substantial, put a scoop of rice into each bowl and ladle the soup over it. A crumbled spicy Italian sausage or bit of diced ham is also delicious—sauté either along with the onion at the beginning. This cooks the sausage, of course, but also allows the sausage (or the ham) to flavour the entire pot of soup, which doesn’t happen if it is thrown in at th

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Europe
Italy
Soup
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

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