Black Bean Soup

My sister shared this soup recipe with me. I added corn to ours simply because we love our sweet white corn. This is an awesome soup, especially with extra lime and cilantro...if you like those.

Black Bean Soup
Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1-2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 1 c. chicken broth
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 (4 oz) can diced green chilies
• 1 c. white sweet corn
  
• 1 can black beans, drained & rinsed
• 1 can black beans, pureed with liquid
• 1/2 c. chopped cilantro
• 1 lime
• Sour cream
  

Cooking Directions
In sauce pan, saute onion, celery and carrot in olive oil. Cook until tender. Add salt, cumin, coriander, and pepper and cook another minute. Add chicken broth, diced tomatoes, green chilies, and corn. Simmer about 10 min. Add both cans of black beans and simmer an additional 10 minutes. Stir in cilantro and squeeze juice of 1 lime.

Serve with sour cream, tortilla chips and additional cilantro to top with.