Instant pot Spicy Black Bean Soup

Black beans are rich in fiber and good for you. I am sure you know all the good stuff about including beans regularly in your diet. This black bean soup is filling and keeps you satisfied.

We had this for dinner with some corn bread, sliced avocado.

Can also be paired with a salad and sour cream on the soup.

Let us get to the recipe.

1 medium onion sliced

3 cloves of garlic crushed

1 cup celery diced

1 cup bell pepper diced

1/2 cup carrots diced

1 roma tomato diced

2 cans of black beans ( without salt)

2 tbsp cumin powder

2 tsp red chili powder or to taste

2 tsp salt or to taste

water 1 cup

lots of cilantro

Juice from 1 small lime

2 tbsp oil

Method

turn the instant pot to sauté mode. Add the oil and once it’s hot sauté the onions garlic and tomatoes till the onion is soft and translucent.

add the celery carrots diced bell peppers and give them a toss.

add the cumin powder red chili powder salt and give them a toss.

add the two cans of washed and drained black beans to the instant pot and give them a toss with the veggies and onion mixture.

cancel sauté. Cover the instant pot. Sealing, with pressure cook for 3 minutes

wait for natural pressure release.

immerse your stick / immersion blender into the instant pot and give it a couple of pulses to get the soup into a creamy consistency with the black beans.

alternatively you can take a couple of ladles of the soup and use the immersion blender separately and then pour that mixture into the instant pot

check for salt and other spices and adjust as per your taste.

add lots of cilantro and squeeze the lime juice.

Enjoy your soup warm.

This soup freezes well and would be a great option to take for lunch if there are any leftovers. This recipe was adopted from cookie and Kate. The blending of the black beans gives a very creamy consistency to the soup Black beans are rich in fiber and good for you. I am sure you know all the good stuff about including beans regularly in your diet. This black bean soup is filling and keeps you satisfied.

We had this for dinner with some corn bread, sliced avocado.

Can also be paired with a salad and sour cream on the soup.