Spicy Vegan Black Bean Soup
This hearty black bean soup is a comforting and flavorful dish perfect for a cozy dinner. Loaded with aromatic vegetables and warming spices, this soup is a nourishing blend that will warm you up from the inside out. Topped with optional garnishes like creamy avocado and fresh cilantro, each spoonful brings a burst of savory goodness that will leave you feeling satisfied and content.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium yellow onions, chopped
- 3 celery ribs, chopped fine
- 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced into thin rounds
- 6 garlic cloves, pressed or minced
- 4½ teaspoons ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon+ red pepper flakes
- 4 (15-ounce) cans of black beans, rinsed and drained
- 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar, to taste, or 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Optional garnishes: diced avocado, extra cilantro, thinly sliced radishes, tortilla chips…
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onions, celery and carrot and a light sprinkle of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetable are soft, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic, cumin and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour in the beans and broth and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cook, reducing heat as necessary to maintain a gentle simmer, until the broth is flavorful and the beans are very tender, about 30 minutes.
- Transfer about 4 cups of the soup to a stand blender, securely fasten the lid, and blend until smooth (never fill your blender past the maximum fill line, and beware the steam that escapes from the top of the blender, it’s very hot). Or, use an immersion blender to blend a portion of the soup.
- Return the pureed soup to the pot, stir in the cilantro, vinegar/lime juice and salt and pepper, to taste. Serve.
Cook Time
45M
Prep Time
PT10M
Yield
6
Nutrition
- Calories: 342 calories
- Sugar Content: 4.2 g
- Sodium Content: 1563.1 mg
- Fat Content: 6.1 g
- Saturated Fat Content: 1 g
- Trans Fat Content: 0 g
- Carbohydrate Content: 56 g
- Fiber Content: 21.3 g
- Protein Content: 18.7 g
- Cholesterol Content: 0 mg
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