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Southwestern Black Bean Soup (Jen Hoy, About.com) takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Southwestern Black Bean Soup (Jen Hoy, About.com) takes 120 minutes to cook.

Southwestern Black Bean Soup (Jen Hoy, About.com) makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Southwestern Black Bean Soup (Jen Hoy, About.com) are:

?2 cups dried black beans
?2-inch piece of kombu
?1 bay leaf
?2 tablespoons olive oil
?1 onion, chopped
?2 cloves garlic, chopped fine
?1 jalapeno pepper, chopped fine (optional)
?1 stalk celery, chopped
?2 carrots, chopped
?2 teaspoons ground cumin seed
?1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dry

Here is how you make Southwestern Black Bean Soup (Jen Hoy, About.com):

Soak beans overnight in 6 cups water. Drain, replace with fresh water, and add kombu and bay leaf. Bring beans to a boil, skim off the foam, and then simmer until tender, about 1 hour. Heat olive oil over medium flame. Add onion, garlic, jalapeno, celery, and carrot. Cook vegetables until onion is translucent, about 7 minutes. Add cumin, and cook one minute more. Add vegetables, along with oregano, and two pinches of sea salt to beans. Cover and cook another 30 minutes, or until beans are soft. Serves 4-6 Copyright 2009 by Jen Hoy Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TOMMYBR.

The nutritional information for Southwestern Black Bean Soup (Jen Hoy, About.com) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 213.1

• Total Fat: 7.8 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 63.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.6 g
• Protein: 8.9 g