Odds N Ends
To me, nothing’s better on an autumn or winter evening than a nice, warm bowl of soup, and this black bean soup is one of my family’s favorites. It’s packed with flavor and has just enough kick to make it interesting. It’s also super easy to make. You can either make it on the stove or throw it in the crock pot and it will be waiting for you at day’s end.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 14.5 ounces Chicken Broth
- 12 ounces diced tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons basil
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 1.5 teaspoons oregano
- 1.5 teaspoons cumin
- 1.5 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage
- 30 ounces black beans, rinsed and drained
Optional: 1 pound ground beef and 1.5 cups rice. (I usually make this with the ground beef and rice, but while making the batch shown above I forgot about both, and it still turned out really well.)
If you’d like to make it with ground beef you’ll want to brown that first.
Add all ingredients (except the rice) to the slow cooker and set to high for 4-5 hours. You can also simmer on the stove top for an hour if you’re like me and frequently forget to plan ahead.
Add cooked rice to the slow cooker/pot before serving, allow all ingredients to warm, and it’s ready!
It’s important to add cooked rice to the dish to avoid all of the liquid being absorbed by the rice as it’s cooking.
It’s as simple as that. I can’t wait for you to try it
(Linking up at these great parties!)
Hi, emily, Visiting for first time, I believe, and following on bloglovin. Best wishes to you. Linda
Thanks so much, Linda! Great to have you stop by 🙂
This is one of my favorite soups that I make for my Husband. Thanks for hosting a great party.
Shawna – Easy Life Meal and Party Planning
It’s so good, isn’t it? My mother in law gave me the recipe after we constantly raided her freeze during visits. It’s so good! Thanks for visiting, Shawna!
My husband would LOVE if I made this soup. Well, he’d probably love if I made ANYTHING!haha Thank you for the recipe. 🙂
haha If you want you can make a huge batch and freeze some. It defrosts really well, and you can get some bonus cooking points from the hubby again in the future 😉
Looks delicious! Thanks for linking up!
Thanks, Tiff 🙂
Hello, Emily! I’m visiting from This Momma’s Meandering Mondays linky party. I make black bean soup also and was curious to see how you did yours. We eat brown rice at my house too. I live in Louisiana where we serve gumbo over rice, but it’s the only soup I’ve ever seen served with it. So it was neat to see you use it in the black bean soup. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for visiting, Kimberly. Mmmm gumbo! One of my husband’s favorites 🙂
The soup looks so delicious! I am going to pin it for later.
Thanks, Betty. I promise it won’t disappoint!
Yum, this looks delicious and I love how you store your spices. Those little bottles are perfect!
Thanks so much for sharing at the Krafty Inspiration Thursday party. I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to this week, the party is live at 7 am est.
Happy Thursday
Maria @ Krafty Cards etc.
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Thanks! Those bottles have been great, which reminds me I need to post about them soon! 🙂
I love Italian Sausage! This is definitely a winner.
Judy
Thanks, Judy! I promise it won’t disappoint! 🙂
Yum! Thanks for sharing on The Creative Home & Garden Hop…hope to see you again today!
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My pleasure! Thanks for hosting.
Yum! It is totally getting to be soup weather here in MN, and I kinda of have a mini-obsession with black beans right now so I can’t wait to try this! Thanks so much for linking up at Tips and Tricks Tuesday!
Thanks, Kristin! We love it. I’m actually making it again today. 🙂