Cuban Black Bean Soup - Uncle Bill's Version
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup dried red lentils
- 1⁄2 cup dried brown lentils
- 2 cups water
- 2 (19 fluid ounce) cans black beans, include liquid
- 40 fluid ounces vegetable broth or 40 fluid ounces chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons chicken soup base or 3 chicken bouillon cubes
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed into 1/2-inch cubes (about 4 cups)
- 1 cup diced celery root or 2 large celery ribs, diced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 8 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped small (about 3 cups)
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
- 3 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons crushed dried oregano
- 4 cups water
- 1 teaspoon sambal oelek (paste of fresh chili)
- 4 tablespoons instant mashed potatoes or 4 tablespoons potato flakes
directions
- Rinse red and brown lentils in cold water.
- In a medium size saucepan, add lentils and 2 cups of water and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- In a medium size cooking pot, add cooked lentils including liquid, black beans including liquid, broth, chicken soup base, cubed potatoes, celery root and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, to a medium size frying pan, add butter, olive oil, chopped garlic and onions and saute' until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add onion mixture to soup pot.
- Add soy sauce, black pepper, chili powder, ground cumin, crushed oregano, 4 cups water and bring to boil.
- Add more water if soup is too thick.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove about 1/3 of the soup into a bowl.
- Using an electric blender, blend and return to soup pot.
- Add Sambal Oelek and instant mashed potatoes; stir well to blend.
- Bring soup just to boil.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Serve soup hot.
- NOTE: You can use dried black beans instead of canned.
- You will require 2 cups of dried beans, soak overnight in water.
- Next day, drain and rinse.
- Canned lentils may also be used instead of dried, Will require 1 (19 fluid ounce) can, include liquid.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
William Uncle Bill
Burnaby,, B.C.
I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%.
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