Vegan Chipotle Black Bean Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cans black beans

  (do not drain)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, small dice

  (1½ cups)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 ear corn, corn cut off

  (1½ cup frozen or canned corn)
• 2-3 tablespoon chipotle puree or substitution in notes

  (recipe here [https://www.danceswithknives.com/chipotle-puree/])
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Pico de Gallo

  (recipe here [https://www.danceswithknives.com/how-to-make-pico-de-gallo/])
• Vegan Sour Cream

Instructions

• 1 Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a deep pot. Turn the heat on to medium high and
  add the onions and garlic with a sprinkle of salt. Cook for 2-3 minutes until
  the onions are translucent.
• 2 Add the cumin to the onion mixture and saute one more minute stiring to coat the
  onions with the cumin.
• 3 Next, add the canned beans (do not drain), vegetable stock, tomato paste, and
  bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Then turn down the heat and simmer uncovered for 15
  minutes.
• 4 Now, you will blend the mixture, but do not drain the liquid. For this step you
  can use an immersion blender, food processor, or regular blender. Be careful not
  to overfill your blender or food processor. You do not want to make a mess or
  burn yourself when working with hot liquids. In fact, you may want to let the
  bean mixture cool for a minute and do it in batches. The beans should be blended
  until creamy, but you can also leave in a few chunks if you prefer. It’s
  completely up to you.
• 5 Then put the blended bean mixture back into the pot. Add the chipotle puree and
  corn. Then rewarm the soup for about 5 minutes.
• 6 Add the lime juice and olive oil.
• 7 If the soup is too thick add more vegetable stock. If the soup is still too thin
  let it cook a few more minutes to reduce.
• 8 Taste for salt and add as needed. I added an additional 1 teaspoon of fine
  kosher salt, but you may find you need less. How much you add will also depend
  on how much salt was in your stock and canned beans. Start with about ½ teaspoon
  of salt and go from there.
• 9 To serve, top with the pico de gallo and vegan sour cream. Enjoy!

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