Black Bean Soup

 Black Bean Soup

3 cans Black beans

2 small cans chicken broth

3 carrots chopped

2 stalks celery chopped

1 medium onion chopped

1 lb. of sausage. (Italian, kielbasa, Hot sausage)

1 tb. chopped Garlic

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Pepper

1 tb. cumin

Cooked brown rice.

Cook sausage in pot with onions, celery, carrot until meat is cooked through.

add chicken broth. (if using kielbasa, slice and add with the beans)

drain black beans but do not rinse, add 2 cans to pot. reserve 3rd.

add seasonings and cook for 30 min. using a potato masher, mash the beans to thicken soup.  Add third can of beans, heat 5 min.

Serve with Brown rice, either over the top or beside as in the picture above.

may need to add a can of water if the soup is too thick.

**Serve with chopped onion, or Tabasco sauce if desired.

**Some times I will add a can of Rotel Tomatoes.

Great and easy recipe for those cold winter days.