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    Black Bean Soup


    Source of Recipe


    Brenda-Lee Olson

    Recipe Introduction


    original recipe by Eileen Goltz for the OU

    List of Ingredients




    2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
    1 onion chopped into small pieces
    2 teaspoons minced garlic
    3 stalks celery chopped fine
    2 carrots chopped fine
    1/2 cup jicama, julienned
    1 fresh jalapeno seeded and minced
    1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
    1 1/4 teaspoons ground cumin
    1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
    2 (19-ounces) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
    3 to 4 cups gf vegetable broth
    1 bay leaf
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    pepper to taste

    Recipe



    In a soup pot saute the onion, garlic, celery, carrot and jalapeno in the oil for about 5 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin, oregano, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook for an additional 7 or 8 minutes. Add the beans, broth, and bay leaf and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until soup is slightly thickened, about 10 to 15 minutes.

    Remove about 2 cups of the soup and puree it (our use an immersion blender for just a minute or so, making sure not to puree everything) and add it back to the soup pot. Add the jicama and cook for 5 minutes, remove the bay leaf and season with salt and pepper and serves.

    Serves 6,


 

 

 


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