Black Bean Soup Recipe - great in your healthy dietWhen a friend walks in and says, 'your kitchen smells of heaven...', you know you've got your recipe right!
I used dried beans for this recipe. Dried beans pretty much double in weight when soaked, so from a 500g pack, I ended up with over a kilo of beans - enough to make a lot of soup! I have frozen the soaked, cooked beans before, fairly successfully, but don't keep them in the freezer for too long as they tend to turn mushy when thawed - fine for soups, but maybe not the texture you're looking for in other dishes. For my first batch of soup I used a very basic recipe with nothing beyond onion and garlic to add savour. I garnished it with a swirl of yogurt and some chopped spring onions (see photo above). The soup was warming and pleasant, but it lacked interest and kick, so for this version I've spiced it up with harissa, fresh coriander (cilantro) and lime juice. Delectable! Black Bean Soup RecipeIngredients750g/4 cups cooked black beans (if using dried, see instructions in Method, or else use the drained contents of 3 x 450g cans) 1 large onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic 1 tbsp olive oil 500ml/2 cups hot water or stock juice of 1 lime plain low fat yogurt, harissa (chilli) paste, chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) to garnish Serves 4 Method
To get the best results with this black bean soup recipe, it's really important not to omit the garnish, which gives the soup its distinctive aromatic flavor. Made One of Our Healthy Soup Recipes? Tell Us About It...Did your family love it? Did you change it around? Did it taste good? Please share... If you enjoyed this easy soup, try our other soup recipes:Butternut Squash Soup Recipe Carrot and Lentil Soup Recipe Celery Soup Recipe Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe Crimson Beetroot Broth Easy Onion Soup with Gruyere Toasts Gazpacho Gorgeous Green Soup Ham and Bean Soup Recipe Hot and Sour Soup Recipe Jerusalem Artichoke Soup Recipe Lentil and Vegetable Soup Potato Leek Soup Recipe Pumpkin Soup Recipes Spicy Lentil Soup Tomato and Red Lentil Soup Turkey Soup Vegetable and Barley Soup Vegetable Soup Recipe Zesty Carrot Soup Go from Black Bean Soup Recipe to Healthy Soup Recipes. |
