Easy Black Bean Soup

This is a fairly quick to throw together soup that I came up with recently and quite enjoyed the results! If you can't find refried black beans, you could use cooked black beans that have been pureed.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  cup  chopped  white onion
• 1  teaspoon  chopped fresh ginger
• 3  cloves garlic, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1  teaspoon dried thyme
• 3⁄4 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄8 teaspoon  celery salt
• 3  cups vegetable broth
• 1 (14 1/4ounce) can tomato puree
• 2 (16 ounce) cans  refried black beans
• 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1  teaspoon white sugar
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice or 1⁄4 cup lime juice
•  sour cream (for serving)

Directions

1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, and cook the onion until tender.
2. Mix in ginger, garlic, cayenne pepper, thyme, allspice, and celery salt.
3. Cook for a couple minutes to let the spices release their flavor then pour in the broth.
4. Mix in tomato puree, refried black beans, black pepper, and sugar.
5. Cook and stir until mixture is combined then add the whole black beans.
6. Contine to cook until heated through.
7. Stir in the lemon juice.
8. Serve with sour cream.