Lunch

Smoky Black Bean Soup

Name: Smoky Black Bean Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 720 g Black beans, tinned and drained; 150 g Onion; 150 g Red pepper; 3 cloves, about 9 g Garlic; 2 tsp (4 g) Ground cumin; 1 tsp (2 g) Smoked paprika; 3 tsp (18 g) Chipotle paste; 400 g Chopped tomatoes, tinned; 800 ml Vegetable stock; 1 tbsp, about 11 g Olive oil; Juice of one Lime juice; A handful Fresh coriander

Black beans cooked down with chipotle, cumin and smoked paprika, half blended for body. Plant-based and 277 kcal a bowl.

Calories: 277kcal
Protein: 15g
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 41g

Per serving, makes 4. 20 minutes of work, then twenty-five minutes simmering. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Celery

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Ingredients

Black beans, tinned and drained720 g
Three 400 g tins, drained. Drained weight.
Onion150 g
Red pepper150 g
Garlic3 cloves, about 9 g
Ground cumin2 tsp (4 g)
Smoked paprika1 tsp (2 g)
Chipotle paste3 tsp (18 g)
Chopped tomatoes, tinned400 g
Vegetable stock800 ml
Made up from a cube or a pot.
Olive oil1 tbsp, about 11 g
Lime juiceJuice of one
Fresh corianderA handful

Method

Soften the chopped onion and pepper in the oil for ten minutes over a medium heat until the onion is translucent.
Add the garlic, cumin, paprika and chipotle and stir for a minute until they smell toasted rather than raw.
Add the beans, tomatoes and stock and simmer, uncovered, for twenty-five minutes.
Blend about half of it, either by lifting half into a blender or with a stick blender pulsed briefly. Stir back together, add the lime and coriander and taste for salt.

Worth knowing

Half blended is the right amount. All blended it eats like a purée and none blended it is beans in liquid.
The quantities make four bowls and the figures are per bowl. A spoonful of 0% Greek yogurt on top adds about 15 kcal and 3 g of protein, and a milk flag.

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