Cuban Black Bean Soup Crock Pot Food

SLOW-COOKER CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In 5-quart slow cooker, mix all Soup ingredients except lime juice. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours or until ham easily pulls away from bone.
• Remove ham shank from slow cooker. Pull ham away from bone; chop, discarding the bone. With potato masher, carefully mash black beans inside slow cooker insert. Stir in 1 cup of the ham and the lime juice. Serve soup with Toppings.

CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP IN THE SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Rinse beans and remove any particles or bad beans; place in a saucepan and cover with 2 inches water. Add celery and bay leaves. Bring to a boil and cook over high heat, adding more water as necessary, for 10 minutes. Drain beans and remove and discard celery.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and carrot; saute until onions are fairly translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, cumin, and chile flakes; continue to cook until heated through and fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Place tomatoes and water in a slow cooker. Add onion mixture, beans, and bay leaves.
• Cook until beans are tender enough that you can easily smash one between your tongue and the top of your mouth, on Low for 6 hours or High for 4 hours. Add vinegar. Taste to adjust seasonings and add hot pepper sauce.

CROCK POT BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in water. Add beans and their water to crock pot. Turn crock pot to high. Add all other ingredients except vinegar to crock pot. Let beans cook on high for 2 hours, then turn to low and cook for 4-6 hours, or until beans are tender. When beans are done, add vinegar. Garnish soup with freshly chopped onion, freshly chopped cilantro, and guacamole or sour cream.

SPICY SLOW COOKER BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Drain black beans, and rinse.
• Combine beans, jalapenos, and chicken broth in a slow cooker. Season with garlic powder, chili powder, cumin, cayenne, pepper, and hot pepper sauce.
• Cook on High for 4 hours. Reduce heat to Low, and continue cooking for 2 hours, or until you are ready to eat.

SLOW-COOKED BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 6 ingredients. Cook, covered, on low until vegetables are softened, 6-8 hours., Puree soup using an immersion blender, or cool soup slightly and puree in batches in a blender. Return to slow cooker and heat through., In a small skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add corn; cook and stir until golden brown, 4-6 minutes. Sprinkle soup with pepper. Garnish with corn and cilantro.

CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH COD (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place beans in a 6 quart slow cooker.
• Add water to cover the beans by 4-5 inches.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or overnight.
• (This is my preferred way to prepare beans, but you can also do it the traditional way on the stove if you prefer.) Drain the beans and add the remaining ingredients.
• Mix well and cook on low for 8-10 hours.

CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, cover the beans with water, covering them by 2 inches. Add bay leaf, cumin, oregano, and Italian pepper. Simmer until the beans are tender, about 45 minutes.
• After 45 minutes, remove the pepper.
• In a saute pan, saute onions, red, and green peppers until translucent. Puree in a blender, this is the sofrito.
• In the same pan, saute the garlic. Add to the beans, along with the sofrito, 1/4-cup olive oil, sugar, and vinegar. Season with salt and continue to cook until very thick, about 45 minutes. Garnish with finely chopped red onion.

CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In 3 1/2 to 6-quart slow cooker, combine all ingredients; mix well.
• Cover; cook on high setting for 6 to 8 hours.

CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Remove any debris from the beans, then rinse and soak them overnight in cold water, refrigerated. Drain any remaining water after the soaking, before adding the beans to the soup pot.
• In a large soup pot with a heavy bottom, heat the olive oil. Add the ham hock to the oil and begin to brown. Add the onions, peppers, celery, chili, and cumin, and cook over medium heat until the vegetables wilt. Add the garlic and tomato paste and cook an additional 2 minutes, stirring to make sure you don't burn the tomato or garlic. Add the water and bring to a boil.
• Add the cleaned and soaked black beans, return to a boil, then lower to a simmer and cook 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until the beans are tender. Remove the ham hock from the pot, let cool enough to handle, then strip the meat from the bone. Chop the meat coarsely and add back to the soup. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the sherry and cook 2 minutes more. Ladle into bowls and garnish each serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream and a sprinkling of scallions or chives.

CUBAN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, saute the celery, onion, garlic and jalapeno in oil until onion is tender. Stir in the beans, broth, water, seasonings and hot pepper sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Cool slightly., In a blender, process soup in batches until smooth. Return to the pan; heat through. Garnish each serving with tomatoes, sour cream and cilantro.

BLOCKBUSTER VEGETARIAN CROCK POT BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in water to cover.
• If you don't soak the beans overnight:.
• In a large pot over medium heat, place the beans in three times their volume of water.
• Bring to a boil and let boil 10 minutes.
• Cover, remove from heat and let stand 1 hour.
• Drain and rinse.
• In a crock pot, combine soaked beans and 1 1/2 quarts fresh water.
• Cook for 3-7 hours on high, depending on how hot your cooker gets.
• Stir in carrot, celery, onion, garlic, bell pepper, jalapeno, lentils and tomatoes.
• Season with chili powder, cumin, oregano, black pepper, red wine vinegar and salt.
• Cook on low, 2 to 3 hours.
• Stir the rice into the crock pot in the last 20 minutes of cooking (if using brown rice add the last 1 hour).
• Puree half the soup with a blender or food processor, then pour back into the pot before serving.
• Serve with lime wedges, sour cream, and cilantro.
• Enjoy!

BLACK BEAN SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Combine all of the ingredients in a crock pot.
• Cover and cook on high for 4-6 hours.