Path: swen.emba.uvm.edu!news3.near.net!news.ner.bbnplanet.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!alexr.idiscover.co.uk From: Sam Waring Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: Black Bean Soup (Vegetarian) Followup-To: poster Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 19:06:24 GMT Organization: Austin InfoMail Association - Austin, Texas Lines: 56 Sender: Mark Alexander Approved: Mark Alexander Message-ID: <004_9605221344@ima.infomail.com> Reply-To: Sam Waring X-NNTP-Posting-Host: alexr.idiscover.co.uk X-Mail2News-Path: redtape.lewisham.gov.uk!alexr.idiscover.co.uk On 28 Apr 96 Steve Dickman said this about that: SD> I'm looking for a recipe for a spicy, vegetarian black bean soup. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02 Title: BLACK BEAN SOUP (Aztec or Yucateca Style) Categories: Soups, Mexican, Vegetarian Yield: 1 batch 1 lb Black beans 10 c ;Water 4 ts Salt; divided 1 Bell pepper, green; cored -& halved 2/3 c oil 1 lg Onion, yellow; peeled & -sliced 4 Garlic clove; minced 1 Chile serrano; seeded & -halved 1/2 ts Pepper, black 1 1/2 T Mexican chocolate; crumbled 1 Bay leaf 1/8 ts Cumin, ground 1 ts Sugar 2 1/2 T Wine vinegar, red 2 1/2 T Olive oil Rinse beans and soak overnight, along with 1 tsp salt and bell pepper. In a 6-quart stewpan, bring beans, soaking water, & pepper to a boil. Simmer till tender (really tender). Heat peanut oil in deep frying pan. Saute onion, garlic and green hot pepper till soft. Remove 2 1/2 cups bean broth from pot and add to frypan. Simmer 10 minutes. Strain onions, garlic & hot peppers from broth and discard them. Remove bell pepper & discard. Add seasoned broth to soup pot. Add all other ingre- dients except vinegar and olive oil to soup pot and simmer 1 1/2 hours till thick. If too thick, add water. Add vinegar and olive oil before serving. MMMMM * Sam Waring sam.waring@382-91-12.ima.infomail.com * * Disclaimer: The Infomail Association doesn't necessarily agree with * * my opinions and neither do I. * -- Rec.food.recipes is moderated; only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please read the "Posting Guidelines" article which is now available on line: http://www.duke.edu/~tfdpress/rfrpost.html. Recipes/articles go to recipes@rt66.com; requests go to cocina@mbay.net; questions/comments go to tfdpress@acpub.duke.edu. Please allow several days for your submission to appear.