Black Bean Soup With Mojo Recipe

Madhuli Ajay

December 10, 2023

817 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 15 M|Total: 25 M

Makes:2 Servings

Meal:Side Dish

Cuisine:Continental

Black Bean Soup with Mojo is a wholesome, flavourful soup perfect for quick, light meals. The Cuban inspired Mojo sauce adds a zesty, garlicky flavour to the soup. You can use any vegetables of choice. In fact this is a great recipe to use up leftover vegetables lurking in your fridge. Adjust the amount of ingredients in the Mojo sauce to suit your taste

Serve Black Bean soup with Mojo on its own or with baked Tortilla chips for a delicious light meal.

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Serve Black Bean soup with Mojo on its own or with baked Tortilla chips for a delicious light meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Soup recipes such as

Ingredients

For the black bean soup

1 Black beans, soaked in water for 7-8 hours

1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil

3 Garlic, minced

1 Onion, chopped

1 Tomato, chopped

1 Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum), chopped

1 Carrot (Gajjar), peeled and chopped

2 Cumin powder (Jeera)

2 Dried oregano, or fresh leaves

2 Red Chilli flakes, or black pepper powder

Coriander (Dhania) Leaves, as required or oregano leaves for garnish (optional)

Salt, to taste

For the mojo sauce

3 Lemon juice

2 Fresh orange juice

1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil

5 Garlic, grated or finely crushed

1 Cumin powder (Jeera)

3 Dried oregano, or fresh one

1/2 Red Chilli flakes, or black pepper powder

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Black Bean Soup With Mojo Recipe

To begin making the black bean soup with Mojo sauce first cook beans till they become soft. You can either pressure cook them or cook them in a saucepan on the stove top.

In a saucepan, heat the oil. Add garlic and onion. Sauté till the onion becomes translucent.

Add capsicum and carrot. Stir and cook covered for 2-3 minutes.

Add some water if required. Add the tomatoes, beans, cumin, oregano, chilli flakes and salt.

Add some water and bring it to a boil. Mash some of the beans with a ladle to thicken the soup. (You can blend some beans in a food processor if you want a thick soup)

Serve in individual bowls, topped with a spoonful of mojo sauce and garnished with herbs.

For the mojo sauce: Whisk together all the ingredients and use as required.

Serve Black Bean soup with Mojo on its own or with baked Tortilla chips for a delicious light meal.