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Quick black bean soup

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Ingredients:
1 1/2 cupDry black beans
- rinsed and soaked
- 6 hrs or overnight
1 smallOnion, diced
1 Garlic clove, finely chopped
1/2 Chipotle chile, minced -OR-
1 tbsp-Smoked Chile Salsa
16 ozCanned peeled tomatoes
- chopped, juice reserved
1/2 bunchCilantro
GARNISHES
Sour cream
Grated muenster cheese
-=OR=- Monterey Jack cheese
Chile pequins, -=OR=- other
-Small dried Red Chiles
Procedures:
1Drain the beans and put them in a soup pot with enough cold water to cover by a couple of inches.
2Bring to a boil and skim off the foam that rises to the surface; then add the onions and the garlic.
3Lower the heat and cook until the onions are soft, about 15 minutes; add the tomatoes and their juice, the pureed chiles and half the cilantro and lightly salt.
4Simmer until the beans are tender, an hour or so.
5Occasionally give them a stir while they"re cooking.
6When done, taste for salt, stir in the remaining cilantro and garnish as desired.
7Deborah madison - prodigy guest chefs cookbook