Black Bean Soup

The Cypress Times ^ | 3/5/10 | Stacey Winder

[Patriot1259]

Put all these ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, and when you come home at night, your dinner's ready and waiting for you!

[afraidfortherepublic]

That’s a good Patriot! Thanks for the recipe.

[BornToBeAmerican]

The ingrdients.....

BLACK BEAN SOUP
Stacey Winder , The Cypress Times
Published 03/05/2010 - 1:33 p.m. CST

Put all these ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, and when you come home at night, your dinner’s ready and waiting for you!

Ingredients:

16 oz. dry black beans

2 tbsp. minced garlic

1 onion, chopped

1 tbsp. chili powder

1 tbsp. cumin

1 tbsp. salt

6 cups chicken stock

Ham bone or salt pork

Directions:

Put all ingredients in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours.

Serve with a dollop of sour cream and/or salsa. You can also put some tortilla chips on the bottom of the bowl and top with Monterey Jack cheese or fresh avocado.

[mancini]

I don’t see Beano listed there. :-)

Sounds yummy!

[afraidfortherepublic]

In fact, you’ve given me a good idea. Somebody gave me some smoked pork loins from New Brausfils. They are so salty and tough I cannot eat them. I think I’ll chop them up and make black bean soup out of them. Slow cooking for 8 hours will probably do them a world of good.

[USS Alaska]

BREAKING NEWS.

IF YOU WANT TO POST INTERESTING COOKING TIPS, DO IT ON THE CORRECT PLACE.

I'M TRYING TO BE RESTRAINED AND NOT USE FOUL LANGUAGE, BUT LEARN THE CORRECT PLACE TO POST THIS KIND OF ............

[dawn53]

I substitute crushed red pepper for the chili powder, and add a healthy portion of olive oil to the mix. I make a large quanitity, many times I leave out the meat. First day, black bean soup and a salad. Next day, I cook some rice and we have black beans over rice, maybe some plantains w/that. Next day, I mix left over rice/with the left over black beans and serve it up on tortillas w/salsa, avocado, cheese and sour cream. Unbelievable how cheap and healthy it is to make a batch of black beans every week or two.

[AnAmericanMother]

If they're really salty (like an old-fashioned Smithfield ham), you be sure to soak them for at least 24 hours in a bucket under a steady trickle of water from the hose. Put the mouth of the hose at the bottom of the bucket so the salt water will move up and out. Every 4-6 hours dump out the bucket and start over with fresh water.

Then take a stiff, clean brush and scrub the surface well to get off any remaining salt, mold, dirt, etc.

That is the ONLY way to get a salt ham fit to eat. I guess it'll work for pork loin too. Otherwise your soup will be way too salty.

Actually, once you've soaked them good, save one to eat. You'll have to roast it in a tight-sealed roasting pan with water in the bottom, and you have to roast it a LONG time. I'm talking an 8 hour cycle, with the oven starting around 550 or as hot as you can get it, then turning it down, then leaving it off for a couple of hours, then doing the whole thing again.

There's a REASON people don't fool with salt ham anymore, now that we have refrigeration.

[Dinah Lord]

Lighten up, Francis.

[LongElegantLegs]

Looks good!

[madamemayhem]

i have a beef roast with carrots, potato, mushrooms, and onion in my slow cooker right now and the smell is killing me. then i go and read this recipe. I’M STARVING NOW!!!

[MosesKnows]

I don’t see Beano listed

If gas is a problem for you when you eat beans, try this simple cure for your problem and Beano will not be needed.

Put the beans in a large pot and cover them with water. Bring them to a boil and take them off the heat. This breaks the capsules surrounding the beans and allows stachyose, verbascose and raffinose, the gas-causing sugars, to escape into the water. Stir a teaspoon or so of baking soda into the water (to make it more alkaline) and let the beans soak overnight. Very important. Drain the soaking water off the beans and rinse them several times. (If you eat the soaking liquid, you will cause unbelievable discomfort for yourself and those around you). Then proceed with your recipe to cook the beans.

I prefer coarsely mashing the black beans before cooking. Also, while the beans are still in the crock pot and just before serving adding a bit of sherry is an excellent touch.

[Scarpetta]

Trivia - The flip side on David Soul’s single “Don’t Give Up on Us Baby” was “Black Bean Soup.”

[KosmicKitty]

Where does this paper publish??

I’ve been collecting the recipes posted here, but I am curious.

TIA.

[mancini]

Thanks for the tip!

[afraidfortherepublic]

The flip side on David Soul’s single “Don’t Give Up on Us Baby” was “Black Bean Soup.”

I remember that. I think one of my kids had that record.