Essential: Your Basic Heartwarming Black Bean Soup

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Your Basic Heartwarming Black Bean Soup

 

Recipe By : The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook by Diana Shaw, page 188

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Beans And Legumes Soups And Stews

Vegetables

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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4 cups black beans -- picked over

rinsed and soaked 6 hours

2 large onions -- quartered

2 garlic cloves -- crushed

4 large celery stalks -- trimmed

and cut into 4 pieces

2 bay leaves

Salt and freshly ground black pepper -- to taste

***GARNISHES*** -- (Optional)

2 hard-boiled large eggs -- diced

Minced fresh parsley

Chopped roasted red pepper

Grated orange zest

Minced scallions

 

Serves 4

 

TOTAL TIME: 50 minutes not including time to soak the beans, cook the eggs,

or roast the pepper.

TIME TO PREPARE: 5 minutes

COOKING TIME: 45 minutes

DO AHEAD: you can cook the beans up to 1 week in advance.

ADVANCE. You can boil the eggs for the garnish up to 3 days in

advance. Refrigerate both until ready to use.

REFRIGERATION/FREEZING REFRIGERATE: up to 3 days. Freeze up to 6 months.

 

Start with the plumpest, glossiest dry beans you can find, and you'll enjoy

a wonderful fuIl-bodied soup with fathoms of flavor. Garnishes are

optional for color and zest.

 

Drain the beans and place them in a large saucepan along with the onions,

garlic, celery, and bay leaves. Add water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to

a boil over high heat. Turn the heat down to medium-low, cover, and simmer

gently until the beans are soft, about 45 minutes. Remove the bay leaves

and puree the mixture with an immersion blender or a food processor. If

using a food processor, transfer the mixture back to the saucepan. Season

with salt and pepper. Serve hot, topped with the eggs, parsley, red

peppers, orange zest, and/or scallions.

 

Per serving: calories 228, protein 13.3 g, carbohydrate 43.9g, fat 1.0,

cholesterol 0 mg, sodium 69 mg, 4% calories from fat. Outstanding source

of vitamin A, folacin . Very good source of vitamin B1. Good source of

vitamins B6, C, iron, zinc.

 

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