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Black Bean Soup with Bacon

Black Bean Soup with Bacon

I was in the mood for soup today so I went in search of what was in my refrigerator.  I decided to keep it simple and make a black bean soup.  I usually toss in some chorizo but I didn’t have any so I decided to use bacon instead.  I also added sweet potato, red pepper, onion, carrot, and celery to make it extra hearty and flavorful.  After the soup simmered for a couple of hours, I blended most of it up with my immersion blender then ladled it into serving bowls. I topped each bowl with cilantro, green onion, avocado, cotija cheese, sour cream, and diced tomato.  It was extremely flavorful and utterly delicious. My kids ate every last drop of their soup and my husband &  I both loved it and look forward to the leftovers tomorrow for lunch.

Black Bean Soup with Bacon

How to Make Black Bean Soup with Bacon

Place a large Dutch oven on the stove and heat up over medium heat. Add the bacon slices and cook, until its golden brown; remove and place on a paper towel; crumble into bits.

Wipe out all but 1-2 teaspoons of bacon grease. Add the sweet potato, red pepper, onion, carrot, and celery to the Dutch oven and cook until softened, about 5-7 minutes.

Add the minced garlic, cumin, chile powder, oregano, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste; cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add the drained & rinsed black beans, chicken broth, bacon bits, lime juice, bay leaf, and molasses. Cover and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Remove the bay leaf from the pot of soup then blend with an immersion blender for a minute or so.  Taste and re-season if needed. Ladle soup into bowls then top each bowl of soup with fresh cilantro, green onion, avocado, cotija cheese, sour cream, and diced tomato. Serve & enjoy.

Black Bean Soup with Bacon

Black Bean Soup with Bacon

Black Bean Soup with Bacon

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 8
Author: Pam / For the Love of Cooking

Equipment

Ingredients

Soup:

  • 5 slices of bacon cooked & crumbled
  • 1 small sweet potato peeled & diced small
  • ½ red bell pepper diced small
  • ½ sweet yellow onion diced small
  • 1 carrot peeled and diced small
  • 1 stalk of celery diced small
  • 5 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • 1 tsp chile powder
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
  • 3 15 oz cans of black beans rinsed & drained
  • 4 cups of chicken broth
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp molasses

Toppings:

  • Fresh cilantro chopped
  • Green onions chopped
  • Avocado diced
  • Cotija cheese crumbled
  • Sour Cream
  • Grape tomatoes diced

Instructions

  • Place a large Dutch oven on the stove and heat up over medium heat. Add the bacon slices and cook, until its golden brown; remove and place on a paper towel; crumble into bits.
  • Wipe out all but 1-2 teaspoons of bacon grease. Add the sweet potato, red pepper, onion, carrot, and celery to the Dutch oven and cook until softened, about 5-7 minutes.
  • Add the minced garlic, cumin, chile powder, oregano, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste; cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add the drained & rinsed black beans, chicken broth, bacon bits, lime juice, bay leaf, and molasses. Cover and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
  • Remove the bay leaf from the pot of soup then blend with an immersion blender for a minute or so. Taste and re-season if needed.
  • Ladle soup into bowls then top each bowl of soup with fresh cilantro, green onion, avocado, cotija cheese, sour cream, and diced tomato. Serve & enjoy.
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23 Comments

  1. YUM!I love it when you invent recipes based on what you have in your fridge, Pam!
    Congratulations to Angelina on winning the cookbook!

  2. black bean soup is a hit with me every time–for some reason, black beans are my favorite bean for soup! nice touch with the bacon, obviously. 🙂

  3. Not only does the soup look good, it is great! I just made it and I want the whole pot!
    The extra’s at the end (cilantro, sour cream, cotija cheese, and avocado) make it just perfect. This is indeed a keeper.

  4. Made this for a second time this evening and really liked it. Didn’t care for it the first time I made it. Tweeked it this time and it really came together for me. Family loved it. Omitted the bacon and 1 can of black beans (used only 2 cans) but left the rest exactly as it was. Used avocado, a small dice plum tomato, cilantro and Cotija cheese for garnish. A keeper.

  5. oh, that looks good!. I love all the veggies–I always load my soups up–well, just about everything I cook, with extra veggies. not sure i’d blend it up, but it just seems like the perfect soup. thanks for sharing and have a great day

  6. So yummy, and my kids ate it too!
    We ate it with a hard boiled egg. It was similar to black soup we ate in Costa Rica !

  7. Made this soup earlier this week – it’s very good! I did’t realize I was almost out of cumin so I only had about a half tablespoon, but it’s still got a nice kick. Also, I don’t have an immersion blender, so I ran most of the soup through my regular blender, which made it very thick, so I ended up adding some liquid. Next time, I’ll only blend about half of it. But it’s definitely worth making again!

  8. This soup was fantastic! I followed the directions exactly and we loved it, especially the sweet potatoes. Thanks for sharing!