Black bean soup with poached egg, salsa and corn tortillas

Philip Pantelides
Philip Pantelides @philip
Bath, England, United Kingdom

I saw this on a cooking travel program (I forget which) and really liked the poached egg in the soup so added it to my repertoire. Great South American flavours! 🌶

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Ingredients

40mins
2 people
  1. 800 gBlack beans
  2. 3red onions
  3. 2celery stalks
  4. 1green pepper
  5. 1orange or red pepper
  6. 2red chillis
  7. 2 clovesgarlic
  8. 5 Springsfresh thyme or rosemary
  9. 1 bunchcoriander
  10. 6corn tortillas
  11. 6eggs
  12. 1lime
  13. 1 tspred wine vinegar
  14. 1 tspSesame oil
  15. Pinchsalt
  16. Pinchpepper

Cooking Instructions

40mins
  1. 1

    Finely chop 2 onions, celery, herbs (rosemary / thyme) and garlic

  2. 2

    Poor a glug of oil in a pot, sweat the chopped ingredients on a medium heat

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, finely chop the peppers, coriander stalks and 1 chilli

  4. 4

    Add to the pan and cook for 15min

  5. 5

    While the veg are cooking, chop the remaining onion, coriander and chilli

  6. 6

    Mix in a bowl with salt, pepper, juice of the lime, red wine vinegar and a touch of oil to make the salsa 💃

  7. 7

    Add the beans including liquid and simmer on a medium heat for 30mins

  8. 8

    Once the beans have reduced blend half the mixture with a hand blender to retain add some texture. Taste and season with salt and pepper.

  9. 9

    For the last 3 mins drop in the eggs and poach

  10. 10

    Serve with corn tortillas and top with the salsa. Enjoy!

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Philip Pantelides
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Bath, England, United Kingdom
Braai (BBQ) lover, raised in Africa, inspired by cuisine of my travels. Quick and #healthy recipes every night of the week, experiments and #Braai on the weekend.
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