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Fiery pinto bean soup by Palak Patel

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Total time: 1 hr 5 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 45 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy

Here’s a convenience food-friendly soup that relies heavily upon pantry staples like canned broth, tomatoes, beans, and chiles. It’s a great recipe to batch cook on the weekend, and reheat for lunch all week long. Double the recipe and freeze some in pint-size containers for easy meals another time.

Ingredients

Vegetable oil

2 Tbsp

Serrano chili pepper

2 item(s), finely chopped

Scallions

2 medium, finely sliced (white and green parts separated)

Cumin seeds

1 tsp

Onion

2½ cup(s), chopped, finely chopped

Tomato paste

1 Tbsp

Jarred minced garlic

1 Tbsp

Taco seasoning mix

2 tsp

Ground coriander

1 tsp

Dried oregano

½ tsp, Mexican-variety suggested

Vegetable broth

4 cup(s), or chicken broth, divided

Canned diced tomatoes with green chilies

14½ oz

Canned pinto beans

14½ oz, rinsed and drained

Canned diced green chiles

4 oz

Cilantro

½ cup(s), finely chopped

Canned adobo sauce

1 Tbsp, from a can of chipotle chiles

Instructions

1

In a large Dutch oven or heavy pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Once oil is hot, add serrano peppers, white parts of scallions, and cumin seeds. Let cook for about 30 seconds until they start to sputter.

2

Add onions, reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are golden brown, scraping up any browned bits on bottom of pan as you stir, about 15 minutes.

3

Reduce heat to low and add tomato paste, garlic, taco seasoning, coriander, and oregano. Cook, stirring, until garlic is fragrant but not browned, 1 to 2 minutes.

4

Add 3 cups broth, diced tomatoes, beans, green chiles, cilantro, and adobo sauce. Stir well, cover, and cook for 20 minutes.

5

After 20 minutes, remove 1 ½ cups soup and place it in a blender. Carefully, blend soup until smooth and add back to pot (this will help thicken the soup and give it a creamier consistency).

6

Stir remaining 1 cup broth and green parts of scallions into pot and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Taste and add salt if needed.

7

Serving size: about 1 cup

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