Best Black Bean Soup: Healthy Smart Kids in the Kitchen!
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This is the most amazingly delicious Southwestern Black Bean Soup you and your teens will ever make!
Author: Sharlene Habermeyer
Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 12 servings
Ingredients
¼ cup olive oil
½ to 1-pound smoked ham, chopped
3-4 yellow onions
¼ cup minced fresh parsley
1-2 carrots, chopped
6-12 cloves garlic, mince
4 cans black beans, rinsed and drained
8-12 cups chicken broth
2-4 corn tortillas, torn up
2 cups beef broth
2 bay leaves
½ tsp. hot pepper sauce
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 Tablespoon ground cumin
Salt & Pepper to taste
1-2 bunches fresh cilantro, minced
Instructions
Heat the oil in a large soup pot
Sauté the ham, onions, parsley, carrots, and garlic over medium-low heat until the onions and carrots are tender
Drain and rinse the beans.
Add the beans, chicken broth tortillas, beef broth and all the seasonings except the cilantro to the soup pot
Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-high.
Add more liquid if needed for a thinner consistency (if desired)
Reduce the heat to medium and simmer gently until the beans are tender and flavors are mixed
This will take about 30 minutes
Puree the soup or leave as is (I leave it as it is)
Notes
Serve the soup surrounded by bowls of the following: chopped cilantro grated cheese chopped fresh tomatoes chopped green onions green chilies cooked rice chopped black olives grated jack cheese sour cream
Recipe by Good Parenting Brighter Children at https://goodparentingbrighterchildren.com/best-black-bean-soup/