Spicy BLACK BEAN SOUP

spicy black bean soup

This spicy black bean soup is unique in that it has minimal ingredients and still contributes a great, unique flavor. Also, it’s mixed in a blender but you don’t have to. It can be made in a pot on the stovetop. This particular recipe uses a lot of black beans. It uses Pico-de-Gallo and is a great usage of leftover Pico-de-Gallo if, for example, you’ve recently had Fajitas. Also, this is part of our Soups, Side Dishes, and Beans-Peas Categories

black beans soup recipe

Easy Recipe for Spicy Black Beans Soup

This is an extremely fast and easy black bean soup that can be made with fresh or leftover Pico de Gallo. It's unique because you optionally blend the ingredients first and then cook it and serve. It eliminates an extra long step compared to others.
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Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Total: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 320kcal

Equipment

  • 1 blender optional

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Ingredients 

  • 3 cans canned black beans 14-16 oz cans; Bush's is our preferred brand
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 cup Pico de Gallo
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • â…“ cup water optional depending how thick you prefer youe soup

Instructions 

  • Open and drain beans. Add all ingredients to blender or sauce pan. If using a blender, blend until smooth and transfer to sauce pan.
    3 cans canned black beans, 1 cup vegetable broth, 1 cup Pico de Gallo, 1 tsp ground cumin, â…“ cup water
  • Cook on medium until reaching a soft boil.
  • Dish out, add an optional dollop of sour cream to give it a creamy flavor. Enjoy!

Notes

For a 4 servings soup recipe, here are the ingredients for 1 cup of Pico de Gallo to add to the blender or sauce pan:
  • ½ cup diced tomatoes Alternately, use canned drained diced tomatoes
  • ½ cup diced sweet onion
  • ½ pepper jalapeno Slice down the middle, remove the seeds, and chop small.
  • ¼ cup cilantro, freeze dried Alternatively, use fresh chopped leaves, about ½ quantity more.
  • ½ Tbsp. lime juice Can use more to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 1859mg | Potassium: 984mg | Fiber: 22g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 406IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 6mg
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Spicy Black Bean Soup Quick

By design, this quick spicy recipe of black bean soup creates the shortest, possible steps to make. It is much faster than others. Another aspect for speed is a recipe of black bean soup made with canned beans.

Also, for kick, add Pico de Gallo, if you have it. Or, instead, an alternate is to add medium or hot Salsa.

And, finally, the focus is to blend all the soup ingredients together so, there’s no individual separations of layers or special cooking of part of the items. Or, you can skip the blender and just heat up all in a pot without blending it.

option to blend ingredients for spicy black bean soup
Option to blend ingredients for spicy black bean soup

Spicy Black Bean Soup Easy Healthy

The good thing about this healthy, easy and quick black beans soup recipe is that it can be your main course for a meal. With that being the case, overall calories for a typical dinner will be less.

Black Beans in Soup

Black beans contain many essential nutrients, such as fiber, protein, iron and calcium, and are a great alternative to meat. So, being a soup that includes a lot of black beans, the health benefits of black beans soup can be heart healthy. Here is good information about the extreme health benefits of black beans themselves.

Serving bowl of black beans soup
Serving bowl of black beans soup

Pico de Gallo Black Bean Soup

The inclusion of Pico de Gallo in this black bean soup adds even more nutritional values.

If you don’t have any Pico de Gallo, you can dice the needed ingredients for it, and toss them into the bulk mixture for blending or into a pot on the stovetop for heating together. If you don’t purchase Pico de Gallo from the grocer, here’s our authentic recipe for Pico de Gallo we use. An alternate option for kick is to add Salsa instead.

How much protein in black bean soup?

This homemade black bean soup recipe shows about 19g of protein per serving, using the ingredients shown.

Nutritional Values of Black Bean Soup

This recipe for black beans soup is a perfect way to get your day’s dose of protein, fiber, iron, calcium and B vitamins. This spicy black bean soup has about 320 calories. Also, the nutritional values are shown in more detail in the <Print Recipe> option.

Black Bean Soup for One or Two

Yes, we make this black bean soup recipe at times just for one or two. Therefore, that’s the advantage of using the built-in “Recipe Resizer” feature in the recipe. You can use it to reduce it in half, for example. That leaves it at 2 servings. However, it calls for 1-1/2 cans of black beans.

So, to be perfect for one person, just one can of black beans and cut back a little bit on the remaining ingredients.

serving bowl of spicy black bean soup
Serving bowl of spicy black bean soup

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Conclusion of Spicy Black Bean Soup

Black beans are one of the most popular types of bean in Latin America and other parts of the world. And, you simply cannot beat the flavors experienced with this speedy recipe. Plan to make it soon!

And, if you’d like a change of pace for another great tasting soup, here’s a homemade tomato soup recipe or vegetable beef soup in a pressure cooker to try.

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  1. 5 stars
    I was looking for a good black beans soup recipe for a long time and yours is the best I’ve found.

  2. 5 stars
    Nice blog here. Also your site loads up very fast. And the black beans soup was good too!