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Black Bean Soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe) is for Dinner.

Black Bean Soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe) takes 150 minutes to prepare.

Black Bean Soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe) takes 40 minutes to cook.

Black Bean Soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe) makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Black Bean Soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe) are:

Beans:
1 lb. (2 cups) dried black beans
4 oz. ham, chopped
2 bay leaves
5 cups water
1/8 t. baking soda
1 t. table salt
Soup:
3 T olive oil
2 large onions, chopped fine
1 large carrot, chopped fine
3 stalks celery, chopped fine
1/2 t. salt
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 t. red pepper flakes
1 1/2 T ground cumin
6 cups low sodium chicken broth
2 T cornstarch
2 T water
2 T lime juice

Here is how you make Black Bean Soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe):

Beans: put all ingredients (except salt) together in a pot with a tight-fitting lid. Bring to a boil, skim scum if there is any. Add salt, reduce to low, cover and simmer until tender 1-1 1/2 hrs. Add water if it gets too low. Discard bay leaves.Soup: Heat oil in a Dutch oven, add next 3 veggies and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Reduce to medium low and add garlic, pepper flakes, and cumin. Cook, stirring for 3 minutes. Stir in beans with cooking liquid and broth. Bring to a boil, then simmer about 30 minutes. Use an immersion blender to puree a bit--all or part. Mix water and cornstarch and add it to soup, heat it up and allow it to heat it up. Stir in lime juice.Makes 9 cups, or 6 servings of 1 1/2 cups eachThe following garnishes are really essential. . . but I haven't included them in the calorie count. Use any combo of:more lime juiceminced cilantrodiced red oniondiced avocadosour creamNumber of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user K-K-K-KATIE.

The nutritional information for Black Bean Soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 198.6

• Total Fat: 7.8 g
• Cholesterol: 5.3 mg
• Sodium: 1,644.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.6 g
• Protein: 10.3 g