Healthy Black Bean Soup With Turkey Sausage

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 ounces turkey sausage, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth, fat free
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomatoes, diced
• 1/4 cup red onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 chipotle pepper, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 spray a soup pan with cooking spray and bring up to medium high heat. add onions and cook for about 2 minutes. add the sausage and cook for another two minutes. add the bell pepper and garlic. cook an additional 2 minutes.
• 2 add the broth, cumin, and tomatoes. bring to a boil. reduce the heat to a simmer and add chipotle and beans. cook covered for about 10 minutes.
• 3 season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4 serve with a sprinkle of cilantro or some fat free sour cream.
• 5 **variation idea: i have tried this as a smooth soup -- brown off the turkey in a separate pan, following all of the other directions up until the point the beans are added. i use a hand held blender to blend up the soup. afterwards i add the turkey and some additional beans to give a little texture.