Smokey Black Bean The Bandit Soup Recipes

SPICY SMOKED TURKEY AND BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper in hot oil until softened, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Pour chicken stock into the pot and reduce heat to low. Stir vegetable juice, black beans, turkey, diced tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, chili powder, jalapeno pepper, salt, and pepper into the stock. Raise heat to medium, bring the soup to a simmer, and cook until heated through and the flavors meld, 15 to 30 minutes.

SMOKEY VEGETARIAN CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place black beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain beans and rinse with fresh water.
• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir yellow onion, paprika, and cumin seeds until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add red bell pepper, green bell pepper, garlic, oregano, and bay leaves; cook and stir until onion is translucent and bell peppers are tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Mix vegetable stock, black beans, tempeh, rum, and jalapeno pepper into onion mixture. Increase heat to medium-high, bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until beans are tender, about 45 minutes.
• Pour water into bean mixture; season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until beans begin to fall apart and soup thickens, 30 to 40 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Remove and discard bay leaves from soup.
• Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with hard-boiled eggs and red onion.

SMOKEY BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pot over med heat.
• Add the onions, celery and garlic and saute for about 5 minutes.
• Add the broth, tomatoes, cilantro, cumin, and smoked paprika. Bring to a soft boil. Reduce heat, and cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add the black beans and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
• Stir.
• At this time, if desired, puree 1/3 to 1/2 of the soup for a thicker texture. Totally optional.
• Add salt, if needed.
• Serve garnished with a dallop of the optional FF sour cream.

SMOKEY, HEARTY & HEALTHY 7 BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Saute onions, shallot, garlic and jalapenos in olive oil on medium heat.
• Increase temperature to medium high or high, add vegetable broth, water, taco seasoning, cilantro, and black pepper, allow to simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Add all beans, and additional water as needed. Beans should be totally covered by liquid, bring to boil and then reduce resulting in a mild simmer, allow to simmer for ~1.5 hours, stirring and adding water as needed.
• Add chopped kielbasa, and rice. Again all ingredients should be covered by liquid, add water as needed. Simmer for an additional hour stirring and adding water as needed.

SMOKY BLACK-BEAN SOUP WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high; add sausage and cook, stirring, until crisp, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Add scallions, celery, and thyme to pan; cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes. Drain and rinse one can of beans, leaving the second in its liquid; add both to pan with 1 cup water.
• Return to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes. If desired, remove 1 cup of mixture and purée in a blender or food processor until smooth, about 15 seconds, then return to pan. Season with salt and pepper.
• Top each serving with cooked sausage, a dollop of sour cream, and a small handful of watercress. Sprinkle with pepper and celery leaves; serve.