Homemade black bean soup

8 years ago

I made black bean soup overnight in the slow cooker. Yum. I pretty much wing it. A bo bouillion cube. A clove of garlic. Cumin and curry to give it a kick. Cilantro. A pinch of salt. When it was done I crumbled queso de fresco a Mexican cheese on it. Yum.

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marilyn_c

8 years ago

I'm not a fan of black beans....but I like to fix red beans....put in a chopped up onion, some comino, a can of petite diced tomatoes and several cans of beef or chicken (or both) broth....no water. When the beans are almost done, throw in some sliced link sausage....some that is not going to be mushy...and cook until it is done....and then throw in a handful of chopped cilantro and serve over rice. The next day, I mash up the beans and make tostados.

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
8 years ago
Yum is right!! I love black bean soup but when I make it, the color is rather off putting :-) Kind of a pinkish gray color rather than an intense dark, coffee color. Am I doing something wrong?
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OklaMoni
8 years ago
add some black coffee?
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8 years ago
It sounds warm and comforting.....and healthy!
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Dolly
8 years ago
Yum is right. Did you have it for breakfast?
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8 years ago
Eating breakfast right now. A cup of the soup. Leftover rotisserie chicken. Spinach.
Michael
8 years ago
We enjoy black beans here. I've made similar soup, sprinkled with diced green onions and a bit of sour cream.
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mama goose_gw zn6OH
8 years ago
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I love using black beans in mixed bean soup (usually pintos, great northerns, and red beans), but the broth is a purplish color, so I cook the black beans separately then use a slotted spoon to add them to the other beans.

Last night we had scrambled egg and black bean burritos. And brownies.
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loonlakelaborcamp
8 years ago
Squid ink?
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matthias_lang
8 years ago
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Good eating! I remember when black beans were about the most expensive bean I could buy. Something like $6.00 a pound, dry, 30 years ago, as if they were gourmet. However, the supposed Latino foods have really made way into our supermarkets and imports food stores. Last time I bought black beans for $0.99/lb and stocked up. Started growing them in my garden one year, but that was the year that my garden was disastrously vandalized so I've never had home grown black beans.

LLLC, pasta black with squid ink is on the shelves in my Italian neighborhood.
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Annegriet
8 years ago
I just looked up recipe to make Cuban black beans and rice. Your soup sounds delish.
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Marilyn Sue
8 years ago
No black beans for me, don't care for them, but I do like Cranberry beans and Great Northern ones and a few others.

Sue
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Sherry8aNorthAL
8 years ago
I like Kitchen Bouquet to give color to soup and gravy.

http://www.cooksinfo.com/kitchen-bouquet
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irma
8 years ago
Sherry, I enjoyed reading that. Do you find it adds flavor?
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8 years ago
I concur with Irma. Same question. I have been putting Worcestshire sauce in burgers lately and also venturing to use it in some other foods.
Sherry8aNorthAL
8 years ago
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Irma, maybe slightly. I grew up using it for Thanksgiving gravy. Our gravy is just turkey drippings thickened with cornstarch, so was very pale. The KB gives it a better brown color. I use it in anything that seems to need a bit of a deeper brown.

ETA: It doesn't need the frig after opening and a small bottle lasts forever.
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