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black beans olive oil onions garlic cumin salt carrot bell pepper orange juice black pepper cayenne tomatoes sour cream cilantro salsa
Viewed: 52 - Published at: 9 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups black beans
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups onions, chopped (about 1.5 large onions)
- 10 medium garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tablespoons cumin
- 2 - 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 medium carrot, diced
- 1 medium bell pepper, diced
- 1 1/2 cups orange juice
- black pepper
- cayenne
- 2 diced tomatoes (optional)
- sour cream (optional)
- cilantro (optional)
- salsa (optional)
Method
- Soak beans in plent of water for at least 4 hours (preferably overnight).
- Place the soaked beans in a kettle or dutch oven with 4 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until tender (about 1.25 hours).
- Heat olive oil in a medium sized skillet. Add chopped onion, 5 crushed cloves garlic, cumin, salt, and carrot.
- Saute over medium heat until the carrot is just tender. Add the rest of the crushed garlic and diced bell pepper. Saute until everything is very tender (10-15 mins). Add the sauteed mixture to the beans, scraping out every last morsel.
- Stir in orange juice, black pepper and cayenne to taste, and diced tomatoes (optional).
- Puree all or some of the soup in a blender and return to kettle. Simmer over very low heat 10-15 mins more. Serve topped with an artful arrangement of sour cream, cilantro and salsa.
