Easy Black Bean Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 3/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon celery salt
• 3 cups vegetable broth
• 1 (14 1/4 ounce) can tomato puree
• 2 (16 ounce) cans refried black beans
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice or 1/4 cup lime juice
• sour cream (for serving)

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, and cook the onion until tender.
• 2 mix in ginger, garlic, cayenne pepper, thyme, allspice, and celery salt.
• 3 cook for a couple minutes to let the spices release their flavor then pour in the broth.
• 4 mix in tomato puree, refried black beans, black pepper, and sugar.
• 5 cook and stir until mixture is combined then add the whole black beans.
• 6 contine to cook until heated through.
• 7 stir in the lemon juice.
• 8 serve with sour cream.