Chilled Black Bean Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a blender, combine tomatoes and V8 juice; cover and process just until blended. , Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the beans, chopped cucumber, sweet pepper, onion, vinegar, sugar and seasonings. , Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Serve with sour cream. Garnish with sliced cucumber if desired.

Steps:

• Drain some of the liquid from 2 cans black beans.
• Put 2 cans black beans, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, 1 cup chicken broth, cumin, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into a blender and blend until smooth; pour into a saucepan and add remaining chicken broth and 1 can black beans. Place saucepan over medium heat, bring mixture to a simmer, and cook for 15 minutes.
• Put 1/2 cup hot rice into each of 6 bowls. Ladle soup over rice and top with 1 tablespoon sour cream.

Steps:

• Saute onion in olive oil.
• When onion becomes translucent, add cumin.
• Cook 30 seconds, then add garlic and cook for another 30 to 60 seconds.
• Add 1 can black beans and 2 cups vegetable broth.
• Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Turn off heat.
• Using a hand blender, blend the ingredients in the pot, or transfer to a blender.
• Add the second can of beans to the pot along with blended ingredients and bring to a simmer.
• Serve soup with bowls of red onion and cilantro for garnish.
• I add a bit of cilantro to the pot, too.
• Can be doubled or frozen.

Steps:

• 1. In small bowl place KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES cereal. Drizzle with butter. Sprinkle with basil. Toss until coated. Sprinkle with cheese and garlic powder. Toss to combine. In 8 x 8 x 2-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray place cereal mixture. Bake at 250°F for 10 minutes or until crisp and light brown. Cool completely.*2. In food processor combine 2 cups of the tomatoes and 1/4 cup of the vegetable juice. Cover and process until tomatoes are coarsely chopped. Pour into large bowl. Repeat with remaining 2 cups tomatoes and additional 1/4 cup of the vegetable juice. 3. Stir remaining vegetable juice, beans, zucchini, pepper and onions into tomato mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 24 hours.4. Before serving, stir tomato mixture. Ladle into serving bowls. Top each serving with some sour cream and cereal mixture.*NOTE: Cereal mixture may be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Steps:

• Cook the celery, carrot and onion in the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the oregano, cumin, red pepper flakes, celery seeds and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the black beans, bouillon, bay leaf and tomatoes, then add enough water to cover by an inch or two (about 4 cups).
• Bring to a simmer and cook at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours, adding more water if the soup is too thick; remove the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve with Cubano Sandwiches.
• Split open and quarter 1 loaf French bread. Mix 2 tablespoons each mayonnaise and dijon mustard and spread on the bread. Sandwich with sliced Swiss cheese, deli-style ham, roast pork, pickles and more cheese. Butter the sandwiches, then cook in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat, pressing with a heavy skillet, 2 minutes. Flip, reduce the heat to medium low and cook, pressing, until golden, 1 more minute.

Steps:

• Spoon 1/4 cup of the beans into medium bowl; set aside. Place remaining beans, the broth and cream cheese in blender; cover. Blend until smooth. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
• Add papayas, onions, dressing, ham and cilantro to the reserved 1/4 cup beans; cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Ladle soup evenly into 4 soup bowls; top each with 1/2 cup of the papaya mixture. Serve with the lime wedges.

Steps:

• Soak black beans in cold water for 2 hours. Drain. Combine beans, water, herbs, vegetables, chili and sugar in 1 1/2-gallon stock pot, cover, and bring to simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender, 45 minutes to an hour.
• Remove carrot, celery, onion and bay leaf from soup with tongs. Ladle half the soup into blender and purée until smooth. Transfer to a bowl (not plastic). Purée remaining soup and transfer to bowl. Stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Cover, and refrigerate, or stir over ice water bath at room temperature until very cold (about 5 hours in refrigerator, about 1 hour over ice).
• Bring 3 cups salted water to a boil over high heat in medium saucepan. Stir in rice, lower heat, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender, about 30 minutes. Drain rice, rinse with cold water, shake dry, transfer to bowl, cover, and refrigerate until ready to use.
• To serve, taste soup and adjust seasoning. Stir scallion and cilantro into rice. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Peel, and dice mango or avocado, toss with lime juice and salt. Spoon 1/4 cup seasoned rice into center of 6 chilled soup plates. Ladle soup over it. Top with mango or avocado.

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and garlic and saute 2 to 3 minutes.
• Abb cabbage, zucchini,leeks,tomatoes,carrots,celery, rosemary,red pepper flakes, and salt and cook until vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes.
• Add water, 2 cups beef broth and beans and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Puree soup in batches in blender; chill several hours or up to 1 week.
• To serve, thin soup with additional broth, if desired.
• Toast bread;rub lightly with cut sides of garlic clove.
• Brush bread with most of remaining olive oil.
• Ladle soup into individual bowls.
• Top with a crouton and a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
• Place several drops of remaining olive oil into each bowl and serve.