Black Bean Sweet Potato Ham Soup Recipes

VEGAN BLACK BEAN AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, bell pepper and carrot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables begin to soften, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and the red pepper flakes.
• Make a space in the middle of the pot and add the tomato paste, garlic, smoked paprika and coriander. Cook this mixture in that spot, stirring, until the tomato paste darkens a shade or two, about 1 minute, then stir into the vegetables. Add 12 cups water and the bay leaves. Bring to a rapid simmer and cook until the liquid has reduced slightly, about 15 minutes.
• Add the sweet potatoes and black beans. Continue to simmer rapidly until the vegetables are very tender and the soup is thick and flavorful. 20 to 30 minutes more. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Stir in the parsley. Season with additional salt, as needed. Ladle into soup bowls and serve with a drizzle of olive oil and 3 to 4 drops of sherry vinegar per bowl if using.

HAM AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine chicken stock, sweet potatoes, ham, celery, and onion in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until sweet potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir green bell pepper, carrot, corn, garlic, basil, parsley flakes, black pepper, and salt into soup and simmer until vegetables are softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk flour into butter using a fork. Cook and stir mixture until thickened, about 1 minute. Slowly stir milk into butter-flour mixture until completely smooth; continue cooking and stirring over medium-low heat until thickened, 4 to 5 more minutes. Stir Cheddar cheese into milk mixture until melted and smooth.
• Stir milk-Cheddar cheese mixture into soup; cook until thickened and heated through, about 5 minutes.

HAM AND BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours or until onion is tender.

BLACK BEAN AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet and saute onion and garlic in oil until soft.
• Add all ingredients to crockpot and cook on LOW for 8 hours or until sweet potatoes are tender.
• Serve hot with sour cream and lime if desired.

BLACK BEAN, SWEET POTATO & HAM SOUP

Steps:

• 1) Soak the beans overnight, rinse, drain and set aside 2) Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. 3) Add onions, cumin and pepper; saute until the onions begin to soften (about 5-10 Minutes). 4) Add garlic and continue to saute until the garlic becomes fragrant, but do not allow it to burn (2-4 minutes) 5) Add tomatoes, chicken broth, beans, beer, 1 TB of the vinegar, and 1/4 of the diced ham to the pot. 6) Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer, cover the pot and cook 45 minutes. 7) Add the sweet potatoes to the pot along with remaining vinegar. Bring to a boil, lower to simmer, cover and cook for 30 minutes, or until the beans and sweet potatoes are done. 8) Use an immersion blender to puree about half of the soup to make it creamy, but still leave whole beans and sweet potatoes. 9) Add ham, bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Once the ham is heated through, serve.

SWEET POTATO BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place sweet potato in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 13-18 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup liquid. Cool slightly. Place sweet potato and reserved liquid in a blender or food processor; cover and process until smooth. Set aside. , In a small saucepan coated with cooking spray, cook the green pepper, onion and garlic until almost tender. Stir in cilantro and cumin; cook and stir until vegetables are tender. Add the beans, corn, water, tomato sauce, salt, pepper and reserved sweet potato puree; heat through. Garnish with green onions and tomato.,

HAM, BEAN AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the ham, onion and garlic in butter until onion is tender. Add the next seven ingredients; cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Add peas and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes longer. Stir in parsley.

SWEET POTATO & BLACK BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a nonstick Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, saute sweet potatoes and onion in oil until crisp-tender. Add the chili powder, garlic, cumin and cayenne; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the beans, tomatoes, coffee, honey, salt and pepper., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with cheese.