Blockbuster Vegetarian Crock Pot Black Bean Soup

Total Time: 6 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb dried black beans (soaked overnight)
• 1 1/2 quarts water
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 large red onion, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 green bell peppers, chopped
• 2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
• 1/4 cup lentils
• 1 (28 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 cup uncooked rice or 1/2 cup brown rice
• sour cream
• lime wedge
• cilantro

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight in water to cover.
• 2 if you don't soak the beans overnight:.
• 3 in a large pot over medium heat, place the beans in three times their volume of water.
• 4 bring to a boil and let boil 10 minutes.
• 5 cover, remove from heat and let stand 1 hour.
• 6 drain and rinse.
• 7 in a crock pot, combine soaked beans and 1 1/2 quarts fresh water.
• 8 cook for 3-7 hours on high, depending on how hot your cooker gets.
• 9 stir in carrot, celery, onion, garlic, bell pepper, jalapeno, lentils and tomatoes.
• 10 season with chili powder, cumin, oregano, black pepper, red wine vinegar and salt.
• 11 cook on low, 2 to 3 hours.
• 12 stir the rice into the crock pot in the last 20 minutes of cooking (if using brown rice add the last 1 hour).
• 13 puree half the soup with a blender or food processor, then pour back into the pot before serving.
• 14 serve with lime wedges, sour cream, and cilantro.
• 15 enjoy!