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BLACK BEAN SOUP
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| Ingredients: |
1 pound dried black beans
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons EVOO
2 cups chopped onion
1 cup diced celery
2 jalapeño peppers, diced
1 small red pepper, diced
1 small green pepper, diced
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 bay leaf
10 strips Smoked Bacon
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1 Tablespoon Chili powder
S&P
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons dried parsley
Splenda
5 cups beef broth
2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice (2 limes)
1 Tablespoon ketchup
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1/3 cup rum
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| Procedures: |
- ___Pick over, rinse and soak the beans overnight in enough water to cover.
- ___Rinse and drain the beans.
- ___In a Duch Oven, cook the bacon, cool and put through the food processor.
- ___Heat the bacon fat, butter and olive oil. Sauté the onion, celery and all the peppers until tender.
- ___Add the garlic to the veggies and saute about 2 minutes.
- ___Added the veggies and beans.
- ___Add the bay leaf, bacon, S&P, cayenne pepper, parsley, ketchup, Worcestershire and Splenda.
- ___Add the beef broth to cover the beans/veggies, stir, raise to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 3 hours.
- ___Take 2 cups of the mixture and puree in the food processor until smooth and then return to the stockpot.
- ___Stir in the lime juice and rum and season to taste.
- Garnish with any or all of: sour cream, diced raw onion, avocado slices, grated cheese.
- Serve with tortilla chips (optional)
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| Notes: |
2018-01-22: very good but this is a veggie not a soup. Add scallions. Best served over rice.
2013-01-31: Very good
2012-01-27: We didn't process the two cups, and, inexplicably, omitted the rum!
2011-01-06: We'll try this soon.
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