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Black bean soup


 Black bean soup recipe in the soup category

 Recipe ingredients:

  • 1 pound dried black beans
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seed
  • 1 teaspoon coriander seed
  • 1 teaspoon roasted Mexican oregano
  • 1/2 large onion, peeled, with root fibers attached
  • 4 large cloves garlic, slightly mashed
  • 2 jalapeno chiles, cut lengthwise
  • 1 bunch cilantro, tied
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns
  • 6 quarts water
  • 1/2 cup tomato puree
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt


 Recipe method:

  • Remove any foreign particles from the beans. Watch for small black stones that resemble the beans.
  • Rinse beans in cold water three times, stirring by hand.
  • Roast cumin, coriander and oregano together and crush or roughly grind them in a spice mill.
  • Tie them up together with the onion, garlic, jalapenos, cilantro, bay leaves, thyme and peppercorns in cheesecloth and simmer in water for 15 minutes.
  • Add beans, tomato puree and salt to the water and simmer very low for 3 hours, or until the beans are completely soft and just starting to fall apart. Add water as necessary.
  • Remove the cheese cloth bag.
  • To make a thicker soup, puree 1 1/2 cups beans and stir them back into the soup.
  • Pour the soup into individual serving bowls and garnish with equal amounts of sour cream, chopped avocado, minced scallions, chopped cilantro and minced serrano chiles.
  • Serve with a lime wedge.

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