Simple soups are soups that you can make in no time. This Spicy Black Bean Soup is one of those recipes. In under an hour you can have a batch of delicious black bean soup ready to serve. The wonderful thick texture comes from pureeing some of the beans before adding them to the soup. I have a favorite Black Bean Soup recipe that takes all day to make, it’s delicious but sometimes you just don’t have all day to make soup! This simple soup is a perfect standby when you want to enjoy some black bean soup but don’t have all day!
If you add a salad and a loaf of bread and you’ve got a quick supper to serve the family. If they don’t like the spiciness of this simple soup just cut back on the amount of crushed red pepper flakes you use.
Spicy Black Bean Soup
Ingredients:
1 onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, chopped
3 (15.5oz) cans of black beans, un-drained
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1 (14.5oz) can of vegetable broth
1 (14.5oz) can dice tomatoes with green chilies
1 (11oz) can of sweet corn, drained
Spray a large Dutch oven with nonstick spray and place over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Place the onion mixture, 1 can of the black beans, the cumin and red pepper in a blender and pulse until smooth. Pour back in the Dutch oven. Place one more can of beans in the blender and pulse until smooth, add it to the Dutch oven. Add the remaining can of beans, the broth, tomatoes and corn to the Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered until slightly thickened, 20-25 minutes.
Serve hot.
Nancy on the Home Front 
Yum! I love black bean soup! Making it with canned beans certainly speeds up the process. My usual solution to the “takes all day” problem is to use the slow cooker. I started with a recipe for a Mexican-flavored soup like this one (and we still make that recipe, too) but then I developed this Ginger Black Bean Soup. You could try the different seasoning blend in your canned-bean soup, too.
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Becca,
The addition of ginger sounds very good! Fun to try different seasonings!
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HI Nancy,
Sounds like a healthy, hearty and tasty soup that would taste great on a cold Winter’s Day. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!
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I love black beans – Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
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looks so good. Interestingly black beans are one of the only foods all four of my little girls will eat!
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Kristen,
You are lucky, I don’t think any of our kids ever liked any cooked bean! They would line them up around their plate! 🙂
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I LOVE soup and black beans so this is perfect! And yes, I agree with you. Sometimes you just don’t have all day to let a soup simmer in the slow cooker! Already pinned, thanks for sharing!
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I love quick and simple recipes – they’re the best kind! Thanks for sharing at Over the Moon. We look forward to seeing what you share with us next week.
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Wow…this sounds tasty!
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
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What a great bowl of soup and so easy! Hope you have a very special week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
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