Brazilian Black Bean Soup

Ingredients
2 cup dried black beans soaked in water
    over night
4 cup water
1 tbl olive oil
3 cup chopped onion
10 med garlic cloves crushed
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp salt
1 med carrot diced
1 med green pepper diced
1 1/2 cup orange juice
    black pepper to taste
    cayenne pepper to taste
  

Optional toppings: sour creamcilantrosalsa
The orange juice and the cumin give a great taste to this soup. We did it without toppings.
Recipe given to me by a Brazilian who said that she never heard of that soup in Brazil. Brazil is a large country...
Yield 6 to 8 servings
1. Place the soaked beans in a pot with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until tender - about 1 1/4 hour.
2. Heat oil in a skillet. Add onion, half the garlic, cumin, salt and carrot. Saute over medium heat until the carrot is just tender. Add the rest of the garlic and the diced green pepper. Saute another 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Add the vegetables to the cooked beans (keep the black water), stir in the orange juice,add black and cayenne peppers.
4. To thicken the soup, puree some of it in a blender or food processor and return it to the pot. Simmer over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes more.

 

 

 

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