Traditional Costa Rican Bean Soup

Submitted by sassafrasnanc

"One of the local favorites in Costa Rica, it's a wonderful and comforting meal. Black beans are the best in my opinion! I would recommend spicing this up a little with some hot sauce or even some slices of fresh hot peppers! It's very simple to make as well."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 cups dried black beans (substitute with red beans or pinto beans)
• 6 eggs
• 2⁄3 cup lard or 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 8 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 cups yellow onions, diced
• 1 cup red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1⁄4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves, diced
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Rinse beans well.
2. Soak beans in water in a saucepan for 2 hours.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Cover and simmer until beans are soft about 1 ½ hours. Remove from heat.
5. Puree beans with their liquid, onions, bell peepers, oregano, cilantro, celery, garlic, and cilantro in a blender.
6. Transfer to a saucepan and heat the soup at medium low temperature.
7. Poach eggs in soup.
8. Serve hot w/ fried flour or corn tortillas.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Great tasting soup, even without the eggs! I made the soup as directed & I did poach an egg for my first bowl, just to see what it was like ~ MOST ENJOYABLE, but since my other half is on a cholesterol-lowering kick, I left the eggs out of the rest! Wouldn't even mind trying it again with some not-so-hot peppers! [Made & reviewed while touring South & Central America on the Zaar World Tour 4]

 

[A Good Thing]

A very nice soup! The guys at our house really enjoyed the eggs in this tasty soup. Daughter and I skipped the eggs but ended up putting some Recipe#307564 in our second bowl of soup. These two recipes worked quite well together. When daughter moves out, I'm going to make this again with the suggested hot peppers. (-; Made for ZWT4.

 

[Mom2Rose]

ZWT4: Wowza!! This was delicious!! Just like I remembered it tasting from my trip to Costa Rica over 13 years ago!! Thank you for posting it!