Check out our tasty and healthy recipe for Black Bean Soup! Make sure to add your favorite seasonal vegetables to make it extra special. Cook up a batch today to share with family and friends.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. black beans
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 carrots
- 3 stalks of celery
- 1 red or yellow onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 sweet potato, diced
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- Seasonal vegetables (see below)
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. smoked or regular paprika
- 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- Soak black beans in cold water overnight. In the morning, rinse and fill pot with cold water two inches above beans. Put on high heat and bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium and cook until tender.
- Dice onions, celery, and carrots, and sauté in olive oil for a few minutes. Add garlic and sauté for a 1-2 minutes more. Add to the beans when tender and return to simmer.
- Add sweet potato, as well as other seasonal vegetables such as corn, summer squash, tomatoes, or others at this time.
- Add rice wine vinegar, salt, pepper, spices. Stir and let cook another 10-15 minutes. Turn off heat and blend, if desired, with an immersion blender until preferred consistency. Sprinkle chopped cilantro over soup. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.