This easy blended black bean soup recipe is creamy, filling, affordable, and nourishing.
Pureed black bean soup can be dressed up with chips and salsa and lots of fun and various garnishes like avocado, sour cream, lime, cheese, green onions, or radishes.
Chunky Vs. Pureed Black Bean Soup
If you like smooth soup then blend it all up.
If you like chunky soup, leave it as is.
I prefer it right in the middle, half blended and half chunky.
This soup will thicken as it sits so feel free to add more liquid to any leftovers.
How To Blend Or Puree Black Bean Soup
Blend all or some of the black bean soup with an immersion blender, food processor, or regular blender.
- If you like pureed soup then blend all the soup.
- If you like thinner soup with chunks then don't blend any of the soup.
- If you like a mixture (like me!), blend ⅓ - ½ of the black bean soup.
Use Canned Black Bean For An Easy Soup
This black bean soup recipe is made with canned beans for an easy and fast dinner, but you can also make it with dry beans. The equivalent in dry beans would be ~9 ounces pre cook weight.
Take this blended black bean soup recipe to the next level and add fresh baked tortilla strips , guacamole, fresh tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.
Like pureed soup recipes? Check these dishes:
- Simple, Easy, Hearty Butternut Squash Soup
- Pureed Roasted Cauliflower Bisque
- Blended Asparagus and Leek Soup
Easy Blended Black Bean Soup
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This easy black bean soup recipe is comforting, filling and nourishing. This is an blended black bean puree that can be fixed up with chips and salsa and lots of fun garnishes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1 ½ tablespoon e.v. olive oil
- ¾ cup onions, diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 28 ounces canned black beans with juices (DON'T DRAIN!)
- 2 teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- pinch black pepper
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 1 lime, sliced (garnish)
- 1 avocado, diced (garnish)
Instructions
- Bring a large pot to medium high heat and add olive oil and onions. Reduce heat, stir, and cook covered ~ 4-6 minutes or until soft.
- Add garlic and cook 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
- Add black beans, cumin, salt, black pepper, and broth.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer covered -30 minutes.
- Immersion blend
½ of the soup or place 2 ½ cups in a blender. Add salt to taste and/or more water or broth if you want a thinner consistency.
- Garnish with diced avocado and a squeeze of lime. Happy Eating! Beckie
½ of the soup or place 2 ½ cups in a Notes
- If you like creamy soup then blend the whole thing
- If you like thinner soup with chunks then don't blend any of it.
- If you like a mixture (like me!), blend ⅓ - ½ of the soup.
What My Man Says
"This recipe was easy to follow."
"Because I didn't have vegetable broth I used chicken broth, and since the broth is pretty salty, I didn't add any of the salt the recipe calls for."
"I used a blender to blend approximately ⅓ of the soup. Be careful - it's hot! The blended soup turned into an almost hummus like consistency, but when I combined it with the remaining soup, it created a very nice consistency."
Serving Suggestion
I like to serve this delicious Black Bean Soup recipe with a Mexican inspired appetizer or two to make a full meal out of it.
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Things In My Kitchen:
- You can blend portions of the soup in a blender or food processor or immersion blender.
- Use water with a little extra salt if you're in a pinch and don't have broth.
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PSA for those who don't cook, like me. How super weird to emulsify only half of the soup, right? What's that about? Turns out if you don't emulsify or blend at least part of it, you'll have a bunch of whole beans floating around in garlic water - i.e., chunky beans without a creamy base. Gross! Blending just a portion of the soup gives you that thick black bean soup consistency while preserving some whole beans for texture. Anyway I avoided trying this soup for months because I was hung up on Panera's black bean soup and knew Beckie wasn't going to recreate it for me. Ha, serves me right! This gorgeous vegan black bean recipe is so much better than Panera's, and it is the perfect amount of spicy!
Thank you Josephine! I need you to write all my blog posts :). You describe why you blend up some of the soup perfectly!
Is this good for a bariatric liquid diet
Hi Steve, as far as I know completely blended bean soups should be ok, but I would double check with your doctor. Thank you, Beckie