{"id":5698,"date":"2012-04-06T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2012-04-22T22:50:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T05:50:30","slug":"black-bean-soup-a-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/black-bean-soup-a-work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bean Soup: A Work in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll start with a disclaimer…this recipe needs improvement. I edited it from a recipe<\/a> from Smitten Kitchen that was for slow-cooked black bean soup. And although I have a slow cooker, I didn’t have the time, so I used canned beans and headed on my merry way.<\/p>\n

This soup was alright, but it wasn’t great. It was quite mediocre, if you want the truth (which is how I proposed it to Christie and Becca, and they still ate it, which is why we’re friends.) It was fine, but not stellar, and so I would say this is a base for a recipe that could be great.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I used:<\/p>\n

olive oil<\/strong>
\n1 medium red onion<\/strong>
\n1 medium red bell pepper<\/strong>
\n2 garlic<\/strong> cloves
\n3 teaspoons ground cumin<\/strong>
\n2 can black beans<\/strong>
\n1 tablespoons fresh lime juice<\/strong>
\n1 teaspoons coarse kosher salt<\/strong>
\nground black pepper<\/strong>
\n3 cups water<\/strong> (too much – aim for 1 can. Probably for slow cooker you’d need this much, but just as soup, too much!)<\/p>\n

Here’s how I did it:<\/p>\n

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Chop your onion and pepper, mince your garlic.<\/p>\n

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Saute your onion and garlic for about ten minutes, with your olive oil.<\/p>\n

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Add in your red pepper, and let that saute too.<\/p>\n

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Add your beans in. Delicious, right?<\/p>\n

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Now add your water. I added too much water – don’t do this. You want it to be thick so you can taste the delicious beans!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Not pictured: I pureed about 4 cups of the soup with my immersion blender. I think I could have done more, but it was late and I was hungry. It definitely made it thicker and more delicious, though!<\/p>\n

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I even used corn starch and water to thicken the soup, because I added too much water. Try this when you need to thicken your soup in a jam!<\/p>\n

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I let the soup simmer for a bit and reduce, and that helped, too.<\/p>\n

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Here’s my finished soup. I put a dollop of sour cream in it, as you can see slipping below the surface. I’d suggest you serve with salt and pepper, too.<\/p>\n

I would definitely add more cumin, less water, and a few more peppers. I would probably add some more onion too.<\/p>\n

Do you have a black bean soup you like? What do you put in it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ll start with a disclaimer…this recipe needs improvement. I edited it from a recipe from Smitten Kitchen that was for slow-cooked black bean soup. And although I have a slow cooker, I didn’t have the time, so I used canned … <\/p>\n

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