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Black Bean Soup soups, vegetarian, central american, winter, vegetable main course first course 2 cups dried black beans Water or chicken stock 2 tablespoons butter or oil (or combination) 1 large onion; chopped 2 cloves garlic; minced 3/4 cup chopped carrots 1 cup celery; chopped 1 ham bone (optional) or 3 tablespoons tamari soy sauce 1 teaspoon yellow mustard powder 1/4 teaspoon crumbled thyme 1 bay leaf Pinch cayenne pepper powder 1 1/2 cups ham, cooked and chopped; (optional) 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 teaspoons brown sugar Salt Black pepper Cover beans with water or stock and bring to a boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit for 1 hour. In a large soup pot, sauté onion and garlic in oil or butter until light golden. Add celery and carrots and sauté for 2 minutes more. Pour beans into soup pan and, if making the ham version, add the ham bone now. For both versions, add more water to cover the beans. Add the mustard powder, cayenne pepper powder, thyme and bay leaf and simmer for 3 1/2 hours. Add ham chunks, if preparing the ham version, and simmer for 15 minutes more. For vegetarian version, add the tamari now and simmer for 15 minutes more. For both versions, add lemon juice, sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Serve either plain or with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream or with grated cheese. NOTES : Black beans cooked into a soup with chopped vegetables. You can prepare a vegetarian version or the standard ham version from this recipe. A trick for the vegetarian version, to replace the wonderful ham flavor, is to season to taste with Red Star nutritional yeast. (This specific version of yeast powder has a ham-like or smoked chicken flavor.) This soup is so full of flavor, no garnish is listed with the ingredients, but it is also good with sour cream, yogurt or grated cheese on top when serving. 0 0 222 0 0 0 0 3651 0 938 3159 0 0 2819 0 0 0 0 Contributor: Earth Kitchen Cookbook by Dee Bell Yield: 8 servings Preparation Time: 6:00 Chinese Recipes - Indian Recipes - Italian Recipes - German Recipes MENU
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