Chili-flavored soup. 1 can black beans, red beans, pinto beans, drained. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. Chicken broth. 1 onion, 2 stalks celery, 2 cloves garlic. 1 tbl. chili powder, 1 tbl. cumin. 2 pork chops, cooked, chopped into cubes. (Optional). Normally meatless, but any leftover meat works well.
Less spicy version of this soup. Usually put in chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, which makes it hot.
Three cans Navy beans, drained. Two chicken thighs. One can diced tomato. One can Rotel tomato. One big onion. Two stalks celery. Two cloves garlic. Two boxes chicken broth. Thyme, bay leaf, cumin, cayenne. Simmer one to one and a half hours. Freezes well.
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Three cans peas, drained. Two pork chops. One big onion. Two stalks celery. Two cloves garlic. One can diced tomato, one can Rotel tomato. 2 boxes chicken broth. Thyme, bay leaf, cayenne. Simmer one to one and half hours. Freezes well.
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1 can black beans, red beans, pinto beans. Drained, rinsed. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 big onion, 2 stalks celery, 3 cloves garlic. 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Bay leaf. 1 tbl. chili powder, 1 tbl. cumin. Chicken broth.
This is a recipe I created during Covid. Basically my chili with twice the liquid and no meat. Good, easy, and very hot. I serve it over rice as filler.
Making this up. 1lb. dried peas. 1 big onion, 2 stalks celery, 2 cloves garlic. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. Chicken broth. Seasoning meat (I am using 2 pork chops.) Thyme, bay leaf, cayenne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_pea
I always boil dried beans or peas for 20 minutes first, then drain, and start over. Removes impurities and makes for a smoother finish. The pork chops I am cooking first, then simmer in the soup for a while, remove and reserve the meat and add bones back. Add the chopped pork back to soup in last 30 minutes of cooking.
With roast chicken. 1 lb. dried navy beans. Cook beans until water turns yellow (20 min.), drain. 1 big onion, 3 stalks celery, 2 cloves garlic. 1 can diced tomatoes, 1 can Rotel tomatoes. 2 boxes chicken broth. Thyme, cayenne, bay leaf, cumin. Simmer 1-2 hours, add chopped chicken last 30 min., until beans get tender.
Digging in the outside deep freeze I found two containers of black bean soup. Spicy soup. Three cans black beans, one can Rotel tomatoes, onion, celery, garlic, cumin, chili powder, chicken broth. The one recipe I make pretty often where I get to use the immersion blender.
https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/black-bean-soup.html
Experimenting. I had four cans of Covid Great Northern beans with a best by date of this summer. My usual spicy bean soup is with black beans, pinto beans, red beans. I did not put chipotle peppers in this version so not quite as spicy. One can diced tomato. One can Rotel tomato. One big onion, one big celery stalk, two cloves garlic. One heaping teaspoon cumin, one heaping teaspoon chili powder. Cayenne, bay leaf, black pepper, Greek seasoning, splash of green hot sauce. And chicken broth. Simmer for about an hour to an hour and a half. Will update the finish.
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Last pork chop. Leftover rice for the bean soup not pictured. Freezer is pretty full and I also have a chest freezer out in the garage now.
Needed to use up some Covid canned goods. This is a recipe I created during Covid. Easy and spicy. Several different versions but this one has two cans red beans, two cans black beans, drained and rinsed. One can pinto beans. Not drained. Two cans Rotel tomatoes. Two chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped. One little can of peppers will make three things of soup. I freeze the rest. One big onion, three cloves garlic, cayenne pepper, red pepper flakes, black pepper, salt. One tablespoon chili powder. One tablespoon cumin. Chicken broth and water.
Cook the onions and garlic for a few minutes and then add the chipotle peppers for a couple minutes more. Add Rotel tomatoes and simmer for a few minutes. Add the beans, chicken broth, chili powder, cumin, all the seasoning, bay leaf. Simmer for about an hour to an hour and a half. That's it. I eat it with rice as filler with Extra Toasty Cheez-Its. Also good with a toasted taco shell broken up in it.
ABC 1989. Jackie Mason. 12 episodes. Four unaired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Soup_(TV_series)
Woke up at midnight and worked on drafts for both sites while listening to the new Trailers From Hell podcast. Then made bean soup for the freezer for the first time in a while while listening to older Trailers From Hell podcasts I hadn't heard. I was living on this soup last year with Extra Toasty Cheez-Its. The perfect accompaniment. I made crawfish etouffee for Mother's Day lunch at my mother's and had enough left over to freeze a bit.
https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/spicy-chili-bean-soup.html
https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/three-bean-chili-soup_7.html
This old Kinja bean soup recipe had a bunch of old pics of the kitchen and garage. And Magnum P.I. in the comments. One of the very earliest Cooking With Wu posts.
A quick, relatively simple, and spicy recipe. Note: if you have more time there is nothing wrong with starting out with dry beans and homemade stock. I make this recipe regularly because it is easy and it freezes well
