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Hearty Caribbean Black Beans Soup Recipe Video

This is one of those dishes that’s spicy and cool, light and filling and especially delicious and nutritious. For this Quickbite, remember, if you can’t be in the tropics, you may as well bring the tropics to you!

Summary

Preparation Time10 MinCooking Time20 Min

Ready In30 MinDifficulty LevelEasy

Health IndexHealthyServings4

CuisineCaribbeanCourseAppetizer

TasteSaltyFeelSmooth

MethodBoilingSpecialityWedding

VegetarianVegetarianMain IngredientBeans

Interest GroupQuick

Ingredients

Black beans – Two 15 ounce cans, rinsed and drained

Reduced fat coconut milk – One 15 ounce

Small onion - 1, diced

Red pepper - 1, diced

Jalapenos - 2, minced

Ground cumin – 2 teaspoon

Cayenne pepper – 1 teaspoon

Cilantro – ½ cup, chopped

Water – 1 cup

Extra virgin olive oil - 1 tablespoon

Salt and pepper - to taste

Directions

MAKING
1. In a pan, heat extra virgin olive oil.
2. Add onions, bell peppers and jalapenos. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add cumin, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper as per taste.
4. Add water, coconut milk and black beans. Bring it a boil and reduce the flame to let it simmer.
5. Blend some of the beans by using a hand blender or food processor. This will make the soup creamier.
6. Add freshly chopped cilantro.

SERVING
7. Serve Hearty Caribbean Black Beans Soup decorated with tortilla chips or chopped avocados.

Editors Review

For all the lovers of homemade soup, this is a right choice. The black bean soup is delicious as well as nutritious and when cooked in Caribbean style, it packs with it the tropical flavor.

Comments

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blessy.matty says :

Hi DaniSpies, I made this dish yesterday for dinner. We had it as a side dish with white rice...It was very yummmy...Thanx a lot for this exotic dish....

Posted on: 24 January 2008 - 9:55pm