A super thick and alluringly creamy black bean soup recipe, in under 10 minutes from start to finish!
Healthy Black Bean Soup
Quick
EASY
One Pot
Vegan
Oil Free
Gluten Free
Don’t know what to make for dinner tonight? You should definitely make this soup, because it is absolutely delicious and so simple to throw together!
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The Best Black Bean Soup Recipe
What makes this one the best black bean soup?
It’s not just the thick texture and bold flavor, although those two things certainly help!
It’s also that this is quite possibly the absolute easiest black bean soup recipe you will ever try.
No chopping vegetables
No obscure spices
No half-used container of vegetable broth left after making the recipe.
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So what’s the secret?
The secret ingredient is… jarred salsa!
Since salsa already contains many of the same ingredients found in traditional Mexican black bean soup recipes – including onions, garlic, jalapenos, lime juice, and vinegar – it enables you to skip a bunch of steps.
And the best part is that there’s NO need to chop any onions (yay!!!).
It also lets you to make mild, medium, or spicy soup. Just be sure to use a brand of salsa that you like!
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What Do You Eat With The Soup?
Crushed Tortilla Chips
Toast or Applesauce Muffins (shown above)
Roasted Vegetables
Corn Muffins or Vegan Cornbread
Or top the vegan black bean soup with croutons, cilantro, shredded cheese, sour cream, lime (for Cuban black bean soup), chopped peppers, or diced avocado.
While some traditional recipes will include ham, pork, or bacon to add texture and flavor, you can keep the soup vegetarian and Weight Watchers friendly by using diced tofu or roasted sweet potatoes (here’s how to cook sweet potatoes). Leftovers freeze well, so the recipe is great for meal prep.
And For Dessert? Black Bean Brownies!
Above – watch the video how to make black bean soup!
Feel free to use either soaked and cooked dried beans or canned beans for this soup.
Because the recipe only takes five minutes to make from scratch, there’s no need for an instant pot or crock pot slow cooker version of the recipe – it’s already almost too easy on its own!
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Black Bean Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 can black beans, or 1 1/2 cups cooked
- 1 cup salsa of choice
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 tsp ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp salt
- optional 1 tbsp mayo, sour cream, or cashew cream, for added richness
- optional garnishes, including diced avocado, cilantro, parsley, crushed tortilla chips, etc.
Instructions
Video
Notes
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Sautéed onions and garlic in the pot before adding the other ingredients, and added 3/4 tsp chili powder. Delicious!
Absolutely loved this easy meal idea! I’m definitely making more next week! I doubled it so there was enough for the whole family 🙂
I made as stated but I had leftover farro and added it to the mixture. It came out so thick that I was able to wrap it in a tortilla and topped it with sour cream, cilantro, and chopped avocado. It was wonderful! Thank you for all your great recipes.
Your version sounds even better!
Do you drain the beans or not? Can’t wait to try.
Yes drain and rinse 🙂
Delicious and sooo easy with pantry staples!
If these are so healthy include nutritional information.
Just finishing it up now and it is going to become a staple! Beyond 5 stars on it being so fast and cheap! I’m just now getting into meal prep but I am VERY lazy and have an incredibly short attention span lol. This is exactly what I needed in my life right now. I honestly just did the spices to taste.
A few things I added- some lime juice (this sent it to the next level), green onion, and serving it with chips. Already sent this recipe to 5+ people. More recipes like this please!
This makes us so happy!
I put bell pepper and scallions in it and avocado, vegan soy cream and cilantro on top. Would make again.
I’ve made this multiple times and we love it!