Recipe: Black Bean Soup

This is a great crowd pleaser! Flavorful and good for you too!

INGREDIENTS

• 2-3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 medium onion
• 2 carrot diced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 Tablespoons oregano
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup red wine (optional)
• 4 can black beans - rinsed
• 32 oz chicken broth
• left over pork roast or chicken - or both, cubed
• 2-3 Tablespoons Jar Jalepeno peppers, diced - to taste
• (Fresh peppers distract from soup)
• 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
• sour cream (optional)
• cilantro (optional)

DIRECTIONS

• 1 IN A LARGE DBL HANDED SOUP POT HEAT OIL
• 2 ADD ONION,CARROTS
• 3 STIR 2-3 MINUTES UNTIL SOFT
• 4 ADD RED WINE CONTINUE COOKING
• 5 ADD BEANS,
• 6 ADD 1/2 CHICKEN BROTH TO COVER
• 7 ADD ALL OF HERBS AND SPICES
• 8 ADD JALEPENO PEPPERS
• 9 COOK ON LOW HEAT 30-45 MINUTES
• 10 USE IMMERSION BLENDER TO BLEND DOWN 1/2 OF SOUP
• 11 ADD MORE BROTH TO DESIRED CONSISTENCY
• 12 ADD WINE VINEGAR STIR BEFORE SERVING
• 13 SERVE IN BOWL WITH SOUR CREAM AND CHOPPED CILANTRO

Black Bean Soup

Source: Submitted by Gypsy Jane