Caribbean Black Bean Soup

Submitted by Tigrrress 2

"Delicious vegetarian black bean soup with coriander/cumin seasoning and diced fresh oranges...serve with homemade bread for a nutritious and yummy lunch or light supper. This recipe is from budget friendly and from scratch but you may speed it up considerably by adding drained canned black beans instead of cooking the dry beans. My meat-eating husband even liked this for supper!"

 

• Ready In: 5hrs
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup dried black beans
• 4 cups water
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon dried coriander
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1⁄3 cup uncooked rice
• 2 oranges, peeled and diced
• 1⁄2 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon sherry wine
• 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon juice

directions

1. Bring water and black beans to a boil, simmer 5 minutes.
2. Cover tightly and let stand for 2 hours.
3. Simmer 90 minutes until beans are cooked. Dump into a colander to drain.
4. Saute carrot, celery, onion, garlic, coriander, cumin and vegetable oil.
5. Add beans, vegetable stock, and uncooked rice.
6. Simmer gently 1 hour.
7. Add remaining ingredients and pepper to taste.
8. Heat through and serve.