Hearty black bean soup
Yield: 5 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 tb Oil
- 3 md Onions; chopped
- 4 Cl Garlic; minced
- 48 oz Canned black beans (frijoles -negros) drained & chopped
- 1 tb Fresh oregano; fine chopped
- 1/2 ts Ground cumin; or to taste
- 1/2 ts Fresh thyme; finely chopped
- 1 Bay leaf
- 2 c Cubed ham; cooked
- 2 c Chicken stock
- 1/4 c Dry sherry
- 16 oz Canned whole tomatoes; -drained & chopped
- 1/4 c Fresh tomatoes; peeled and
Instructions:
-chopped Salt & freshly ground pepper -to taste Accompaniments: Fresh lime or lemon wedges Sour cream Radishes; thinly sliced Green onions; sliced Cilantro leaves Chile salsa Recipe by: the California Culinary Academy Preparation Time: 0:45 In a wide-bottomed large saucepan over medium heat heat oil. Add onions and cook until soft 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute longer. Stir in beans oregano cumin thyme bay leaf ham stock sherry and tomatoes. Increase heat and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered about 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt if necessary and pepper. Serve soup with your choice of accompaniments or cool to room temperature and refrigerate or freeze. Makes about 7 cups. * Timesaver Tip: Soup can be made up to 2 days ahead covered and refrigerated or it can be frozen. To freeze spoon soup into one large or several smaller individual freezer containers. Cover label and freeze at 0 degrees F up to 1 month. To serve defrost soup 15 to 20 minutes on Defrost setting of microwave or thaw in refrigerator 8 to 24 hours. Gently warm soup in a saucepan or microwave at 50% power until it is warmed through. Stir several times both during defrosting and during reheating. Microwave Version Put oil in a 2-quart casserole and microwave on 70% power 45 seconds. Add onions and microwave another 3 minutes until onions are soft. Add garlic and microwave a minute longer. Complete step 2 as directed above. Cover casserole with waxed paper or loosely with plastic wrap and microwave still on 70% power 30 minutes. Season to taste and proceed with step 4 as directed above. Preparation time and timesaver tip same as above.
