Cheater's Bean Soup

Name: Cheater's Bean Soup
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 12 teaspoon ground pepper; 1 teaspoon oregano; 4 (19 ounce) cans black beans; 4 12 cups vegetable cocktail or 4 12 cups tomato juice; 1 tablespoon sugar; chopped fresh cilantro; lime wedge

9 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons ground cumin
12 teaspoon ground pepper
1 teaspoon oregano
4 (19 ounce) cans black beans
4 12 cups vegetable cocktail or 4 12 cups tomato juice
1 tablespoon sugar
chopped fresh cilantro
lime wedge

Directions

1

Drain and rinse the beans, but keep the liquid in which the beans were packed.
2

Puree the beans thoroughly in a food processor.
3

Saute the seasonings in the oil in a large soup pot.
4

Add the beans, the vegetable cocktail and the sugar.
5

Stir well.
6

Bring to a simmer.
7

Taste the soup, and thin it with water or the bean liquid, according to whether you think the soup needs more salt or not.
8

(The bean packing liquid is very salty.)
9

Serve with chopped coriander and lime wedges.