Name: The Best Black Bean Soup
Ingredients: 1 lb Black beans; picked over, rinsed, and soaked for 10 hours or longer in water to cover by at least 4 inches; 6 c Beef broth; 8 c Water; 1 cn Tomatoes with their juice; chopped (28 to 32 ounces); 2 ts Cumin; Salt to taste; (optional); Freshly ground black pepper to taste; 2/3 c Plain nonfat or low-fat yogurt; 1 Or 2 fresh jalapenos or pickled jalapenos; seeded and minced; 3 tb Minced fresh parsley; 1 tb Minced fresh cilantro; (optional); ***GARNISHES (OPTIONAL)***; (optional):; 1/2 c Chopped red onion; 1/2 Avocado; peeled, seeded, and chopped

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains, Meats		Soups, Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Black beans; picked over, rinsed, and soaked for 10 hours or longer in water to cover by at least 4 inches
6	c	Beef broth
8	c	Water
1	cn	Tomatoes with their juice; chopped (28 to 32 ounces)
2	ts	Cumin
		Salt to taste; (optional)
		Freshly ground black pepper to taste
2/3	c	Plain nonfat or low-fat yogurt
1		Or 2 fresh jalapenos or pickled jalapenos; seeded and minced
3	tb	Minced fresh parsley
1	tb	Minced fresh cilantro; (optional)
		*GARNISHES (OPTIONAL)*; (optional):
1/2	c	Chopped red onion
1/2		Avocado; peeled, seeded, and chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

JALAPENO CREAM
  SOUP:
Drain the beans and put them in a large, heavy pot. Add the broth and
water. Bring the beans to a boil, stirring them a few times, reduce the
heat, and simmer the beans in the uncovered pot for 1 hour.
Stir in the tomatoes with their juice and the cumin, and continue simmering
the beans for 2 hours or until the beans are soft (check after 1 and 1 1/2
hours, since the timing depends on the dryness or age of the beans.)
Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, and let the mixture cool briefly.
Rinse out the pot. Then puree the mixture in batches in a blender or food
processor until the mixture is smooth, returning the puree to the pot as
you go.
Season the soup with the salt (if desired) and pepper, and bring the soup
to a simmer. If the soup is too thin, simmer it in the uncovered pot,
stirring it often, until the desired consistency is reached.
To prepare jalapeno cream, whisk together the yogurt, jalapenos, parsley,
and, if you are using it, cilantro. Serve a dollop of the jalapeno cream
atop Board: FOOD BB Topic: FOOD SOFTWARE Subject: Z-MM SOUPS
To: ASXV66A James Kilgore Date: 9/5/94 From: ASXV66A James Kilgore Time:
12:05PM ET
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "M. Hicks" <nitro_ii@email.msn.com> on Feb 5,
1998

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