Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup

Shannon Holmes's Note:

This is Rachael Ray's recipe and it is fabu, everyone that has tried it loves it. I have changed the original recipe and I will make notations in ()

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (1 turn of the pan)
• 1 medium onion , finely chopped
• 3 cups canned vegetable stock , found on soup aisle (I use Vegan Chicken Broth here)
• 1 (14 ½ ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice (I use an 8 ounce can tomato sauce here)
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans , drained and rinsed
• 2 (15 ounce) cans pumpkin puree (found often on the baking aisle)
• 1 cup corn (frozen or canned, drain and rinse if canned)
• 1 cup heavy cream (I use Unsweetened Silk)
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper (eyeball it in the palm of your hand)
• coarse salt
• 20 sprigs fresh chives , for garnish (chopped or snipped)

Directions:

1. Heat a soup pot over medium heat.
2. Add oil.
3. When oil is hot, add onion.
4. Saute onions 5 minutes.
5. Add broth, tomatoes or tomato sauce, black beans, pumpkin puree and corn.
6. Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil.
7. Reduce heat to medium low and stir in cream, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt, to taste.
8. Simmer 5 minutes, adjust seasonings and serve garnished with chopped chives.
9. For Vegan option use Soy Cream.

Reviews

[kda949]

Yum! Yum! Yum! I love anything pumpkin, so I might be a bit biased! But DH loved it too- and he's not so into pumpkin. The kids thought it was too spicy even though I didn't add the cayenne. I might cut back on the curry powder so they can eat it too- or leave it ( I loved the curry flavor) and just make them chicken nuggets! I used half and half and will "temper" it next time (that is- put the half and half in a bowl and add some of the hot soup to the bowl slowly so the half and half warms up slowly. You add about a cup of soup to the bowl then stir the whole thing back into the pot of soup). I would do this because my half and half curdled a bit. It didn't affect the flavor but it makes it look less attractive. I will definitely make this again and again. Thanks!

[LoveGoodFood]

This was very good! Really enjoyed it! The only thing I did different was add two cans of black beans.

[Sarabelle]

I made this vegan (w/rice milk) and added extra black beans. It was wonderful. I served with thin slices of tomato as garnish and even my non-vegan family members enjoyed it (this happens nearly-never!) Thanks for sharing.