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Beezie's Blackbean Soup

Contributed By: iansmack
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"This soup has gained rave reviews from my non-veggie friends and family! It's bursting with healthy goodness, never mind that it tastes so wonderfully yummy! The soup loves to change, if you're cleaning out your refrigerator, be creative..."

Ingredients

1 pound Dry black beans

1 1/2 quarts Water

1 Carrot, chopped

1 stalk Celery, chopped

1 Large red onion, chopped

6 cloves Garlic, crushed

2 Green bell peppers, chopped

2 Jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced

1/4 cup Dry lentils

1 (28 ounce) can Peeled and diced tomatoes

2 tablespoons Chili powder

2 teaspoons Ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon Dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon Ground black pepper

3 tablespoons Red wine vinegar

1 tablespoon Salt

1/2 cup Uncooked white rice

Preparation

1) In a large pot over medium-high heat, place the beans in three times their volume of water. Bring to a boil and let boil 10 minutes. Cover, remove from heat and let stand 1 hour. Drain and rinse.


2) In a slow cooker, combine soaked beans and 1 1/2 quarts fresh water. Cover, and cook for 3 hours on High.


3) Stir in carrot, celery, onion, garlic, bell pepper, jalapeno, lentils and tomatoes. Season with chili powder, cumin, oregano, black pepper, red wine vinegar and salt. Cook on Low, 2 to 3 hours. Stir the rice into the slow cooker in the last 20 minutes of cooking.


4) Puree about half of the soup with a blender or food processor, then pour back into the pot before serving.

Cook's Notes

Serves 10.

Recipe Comments

Commented by: katrina4093

I am not a vegetarian but my daughter is & I was making this soup for her..well, I just might keep it!! This is very tasty. I made this in a soup pot on my stove instead of using my crockpot as I wanted to get it finished a little quicker & it turned out just fine. The only change I made was to use wild rice instead of white & added 2 more cups of water as I added a couple of extra carrots & it didn't seem to have enough broth. All in all...it was very, very good. Well, I suppose I should give some of it to my daughter :)

 

Commented by: risnwthhim

Use brown rice instead of white. Add uncooked brown rice to pot 1 hr before end of cooking time, or add pre-cooked brown rice 10 minutes before end.

 

Commented by: sbrogden

4 points for weight watchers

 

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Recipe Details

Total Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes
Ingredients: Soups & Stews
Actual Cooking Time: More than 2 hours
Number of Servings: More than 10
Special Features: Vegetarian
Crock Pot
Nutrition Content: Low Fat
High Fiber

Nutrient Information

Calories: 230
Total Fat: 0.3 g
Carbohydrates: 44 g
Protein: 12 g
Vitamin A: 1955 IU
Vitamin C: 34 mg
Calcium: 21 mg
Sodium: 770 mg
Iron: 5 mg
Fiber: 7 g