Black Bean Soup – Just 5 Ingredients!

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Healthy Black Bean Soup

Quick

EASY

One Pot

Vegan

Oil Free

Gluten Free

Don’t know what to make for dinner tonight? You should definitely make this soup, because it is absolutely delicious and so simple to throw together!

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The Best Black Bean Soup Recipe

What makes this one the best black bean soup?

It’s not just the thick texture and bold flavor, although those two things certainly help! It’s also that this is quite possibly the absolute easiest black bean soup recipe you will ever try.

No chopping vegetables

No obscure spices

No half-used container of vegetable broth left after making the recipe.

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Easy Black Bean Soup Recipe

So what’s the secret?

The secret ingredient is… jarred salsa!

Since salsa already contains many of the same ingredients found in traditional Mexican black bean soup recipes – including onions, garlic, jalapenos, lime juice, and vinegar – it enables you to skip a bunch of steps.

And the best part is that there’s NO need to chop any onions (yay!!!).

It also lets you to make mild, medium, or spicy soup. Just be sure to use a brand of salsa that you like!

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What Do You Eat With The Soup?

Crushed Tortilla Chips

Toast or Applesauce Muffins (shown above)

Roasted Vegetables

Half Calorie Rice

Corn Muffins or Vegan Cornbread

Or top the soup with croutons, cilantro, lime, chopped peppers, or diced avocado. Leftovers freeze well, so the recipe is great for meal prep.

And For Dessert? Black Bean Brownies!

The Best Easy Black Bean Soup Recipe

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Black Bean Soup Recipe

This thick vegan black bean soup recipe can be made in under ten minutes!

Course Soup

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword beans, black beans, easy, vegan

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 2 1/2 cups

Ingredients

1 can black beans, or 1 1/2 cups cooked
1 cup salsa of choice
1/2 cup water
3/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp salt
optional 1 tbsp mayo, sour cream, or cashew cream, for added richness
optional garnishes, including diced avocado, cilantro, parsley, crushed tortilla chips, etc.

Instructions

Combine all ingredients. I like to pulverize (leaving some texture) with a hand blender, but it's not required. Heat on the stove, or the soup can be eaten cold if you prefer. The recipe is easily customizable - feel free to add diced roasted sweet potato, corn, etc. Leftovers can be frozen.
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