Black Bean Soup

Name: Black Bean Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 110 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 400 g dried black beans, soaked overnight; 2 l water; 2 bay leaves; 2 tsp salt; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 1 green pepper, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar; to taste black pepper, ground; 1 small red onion, finely chopped, to serve; 2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped; 1 lime, in wedges

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Prep15 min

Cook110 min

Total125 min

A Cuban-style black bean soup — dried beans simmered with bay until creamy, seasoned with a cumin and oregano sofrito of onion, green pepper and garlic, and half blended for a thick, glossy body.

Ingredients

Serves:6

400 g dried black beans, soaked overnight
2 l water
2 bay leaves
2 tsp salt
4 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 green pepper, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
to taste black pepper, ground
1 small red onion, finely chopped, to serve
2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
1 lime, in wedges

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

230kcal · per serving

7.9g

Protein

27g

Carbs

11g

Fat

Recipe total: 1378 kcal · P 47.3g · C 162.3g · F 65.9g

Estimated from 14 of 15 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

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Steps

1
Drain the beans, cover them with the water in a large pot, add the bay leaves and bring to the boil. Boil hard for 10 minutes, then simmer half-covered for 1 hour 15 minutes, until creamy inside.
2
Add the salt only once the beans are soft — salted early, they stay tough.
3
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat and cook the onion and green pepper for 10 minutes until soft and sweet, then add the garlic, cumin and oregano for 1 minute — this is the sofrito.
4
Stir the sofrito into the beans and simmer 15 minutes so the flavours marry.
5
Remove the bay leaves. Blend about half the soup and stir it back in — this gives the thick, glossy body while keeping some whole beans.
6
Add the vinegar and season with black pepper.
7
Serve topped with the red onion and coriander, with the lime wedges to squeeze over.

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Questions and answers

How long does Black Bean Soup take to make?

About 125 minutes: 15 min prep and 110 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Black Bean Soup?

15 ingredients: dried black beans, water, bay leaves, salt, olive oil, onion, green pepper, garlic cloves, ground cumin, dried oregano, red wine vinegar, black pepper and 3 more.

How many servings does this Black Bean Soup recipe make?

6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Black Bean Soup?

About 230 kcal, with 7.9 g protein, 27 g carbohydrate and 11 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

Which diets does this Black Bean Soup recipe suit?

It is vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free.

What cuisine is Black Bean Soup?

Black Bean Soup comes from Cuban cuisine.

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