Black Bean Soup
1 medium onion
1 large clove garlic
1 medium carrot
1 medium stalk celery
Parsley sprigs
1 slice bacon
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can ready-to-serve chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 (15 ounce) can black beans
4 lemon wedges
Peel and chop the onion. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Peel and
coarsely chop the carrot. Coarsely chop the celery.
Rinse sprigs of parsley with cool water, and pat dry with a paper towel.
Chop enough parsley leaves into small pieces on a cutting board using a
chef’s knife to measure about 2 tablespoons, or place the leafy portion of
the parsley in a small bowl or cup and snip into very small pieces with
kitchen scissors. Discard the stems.
Cut bacon slice crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. Cook the bacon strips in
the saucepan over medium heat 1 minute, stirring constantly. Do not drain.
Add the onion and garlic to the bacon. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring
frequently, until onion is tender when pierced with a fork and beginning
to turn yellow. Bacon will still be soft. Remove the saucepan from the
heat.
Stir in the chicken broth, carrot, celery, parsley, oregano and red
pepper. Heat to boiling over high heat. Once mixture is boiling, reduce
heat just enough so mixture bubbles gently. Cover and cook 10 minutes.
While broth mixture is cooking, drain the black beans in a strainer, and
rinse with cool water.
Measure out 1/2 cup of the beans. Place the 1/2 cup beans in a small bowl,
and mash them with a fork.
Stir the whole beans and the mashed beans into the broth mixture. Cook
about 1 minute or until beans are heated. Serve soup with lemon wedges.
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Cook:
“0:30″
Per serving: 131 Calories (kcal); 2g Total Fat; (15% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 20g Carbohydrate; 1mg Cholesterol; 993mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates
NOTES : Essential Equipment: medium or large saucepan (2- or 3-quart size)
Tips
To make this a meatless soup, substitute 1 tablespoon vegetable
oil for the bacon, and use vegetable broth instead of chicken
broth.
The bacon will be easier to cut up if you place it in the freezer
for 5 minutes first.
Before adding the chicken broth, remove the saucepan containing
the hot bacon fat and onion from the heat to prevent spattering
and steam.
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