Sofrito Black Bean Soup
We use leftover sofrito to flavor a simple black bean soup. This is an easy "dump" recipe, no cutting board required. We just open some cans of beans and tomatoes and dump in some spices and the soup makes itself. Originally served as part of: Gambling with Leftovers.
- Black Bean Soup (February 5, 2002)
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons frozen ice cube sofrito
- salt
- 1 teaspoon powder cumin
- 14½ ounces petite cut diced with zesty jalapenos tomatoes (Del Monte)
- 20 ounces canned black beans
- to garnish lime
Instructions
In a large pot, we heat the oil over medium-low heat. We add the sofrito ice cube and start to break it up with a wooden spoon. We cook for a couple of minutes until it is defrosted and fragrant.
Next we add a pinch of salt and the cumin and stir. We open the cans of tomatoes and black beans and add these to the pot (along with the liquid from the black beans). We raise the heat to medium and bring the soup to a boil. When the soup is boiling, we lower the heat, partially cover it, and cook for about 15 minutes to meld the flavors.
We then remove about 1 cup of the soup and puree it in our blender. We add this to the remaining soup and it makes the soup wonderfully creamy. We taste for salt and keep the soup on low heat until ready to serve.
We serve our soup with a lime slice.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp frozen sofrito (1 ice cube)
- salt
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 14½ oz petite diced tomatoes with jalapeños (Del Monte)
- 20 oz canned black beans (with their liquid)
- lime (sliced)
Instructions
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-low. Add the sofrito cube and break it up with a wooden spoon, cooking a couple of minutes until thawed and fragrant.
Stir in a pinch of salt and the cumin. Add the tomatoes and beans and bring to a boil over medium. Lower the heat and simmer partly covered about 15 minutes.
Purée about 1 cup of soup in a blender and stir it back in to make it creamy. Taste for salt, keep warm on low, and serve with a slice of lime.