Healthy Black Bean Soup With Turkey Sausage

Submitted by Melanie B.

"I made this one night as an experiment and it turned out pretty good."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 6 ounces turkey sausage, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth, fat free
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomatoes, diced
• 1⁄4 cup red onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 chipotle pepper, minced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. Spray a soup pan with cooking spray and bring up to medium high heat. Add onions and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the sausage and cook for another two minutes. Add the bell pepper and garlic. Cook an additional 2 minutes.
2. Add the broth, cumin, and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and add chipotle and beans. Cook covered for about 10 minutes.
3. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
4. Serve with a sprinkle of Cilantro or some fat free sour cream.
5. **Variation Idea: I have tried this as a smooth soup -- brown off the turkey in a separate pan, following all of the other directions up until the point the beans are added. I use a hand held blender to blend up the soup. Afterwards I add the turkey and some additional beans to give a little texture.

Reviews

[PopcornHols]

This was a tasty and easy to make soup.<br/>I added an extra can of black beans. I love them.<br/>I didn't have a fresh chipolte pepper to add so I used chipolte powder instead.

 

[Kathie D.]

I doubled the recipe and added kale. It was delicious!

 

[berrywoman4]

This was so easy and delicious!!! I had already eaten dinner but when I was putting the soup away I had to taste it. I ate about half a bowl of soup.Yum! Next time I will double the recipe.