Quick Black Bean Soup with Crispy Tortillas, Avocado and Feta
"This soup takes around 20 minutes to make from start to finish and can be adorned with an assortment of fun, Mexican-inspired toppings. It’s great for a simple, healthy weeknight dinner, and can be kept completely vegan if you omit the feta. Replace the homemade crispy tortillas with corn chips for an even quicker - but slightly less virtuous - dinner". - Fliss Freeborn
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Dice the onions while you heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot. Sweat them on low with a pinch of salt, 2 tsp of the paprika, the oregano, chilli flakes and cumin for about 5-6 minutes. While they’re cooking, finely slice your garlic cloves and then add them in. When everything is translucent and very soft - after about another 3-5 minutes - drain the black beans and add them to the pot, stirring to coat.
Step 2
Make up the stock cube to 750ml using boiling water, and add into the pot. Bring everything to a boil for 2-3 minutes, then blitz with a stick blender until smooth. It will, at this point, be a wholly unappetising colour, but that’s what the toppings are for later. Taste and add the juice of half of the lime.
Step 3
Return the soup to the stove on the lowest heat while you prepare the toppings.
Step 4
Using a piece of kitchen towel, rub the tortillas with a tiny dot of vegetable or olive oil each and sprinkle with salt and smoked paprika. Cut them in half and place in the toaster in batches for 1-2 minutes, or until just crispy.
Step 5
Crumble the feta into a bowl, slice the avocado lengthways, and finely slice the chilli. Slice the rest of the lime into wedges. Ladle the soup into bowls and arrange the toppings, serving with the crispy half-dome tortillas for dipping.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
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0.5 Mild Red Chilli 1x Sainsbury's Red Chillies 65g -
1 Large, Ripe Avocado, sliced 1x By Sainsbury’s Large Ripe & Ready Avocado -
4 Mini Tortilla Wraps 1x Sainsbury's Mini Tortilla Wraps x8 -
200g Greek Feta Cheese 1x Stamford Street Co. Greek Style Salad Cheese 200g -
2 White Onions, chopped 2x Sainsbury's Onions Loose -
2 tsp Dried Oregano 1x Sainsbury's Oregano 12g -
3 tsp Smoked Paprika 1x Sainsbury's Smoked Paprika 44g -
1 tsp Chilli Flakes 1x Sainsbury's Crushed Chillies 32g -
2 tsp Cumin 1x Sainsbury's Ground Cumin 43g -
2 Tins Black Beans 2x Sainsbury's Black Beans in Water 400g (235g*) -
4 Garlic Cloves, peeled and chopped 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
1 Lime 1x Sainsbury's Limes -
2 tsp Vegetable Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml -
1 Vegetable Stock Cube 1x Sainsbury's Stock Cubes, Vegetable 10x10g -
Maldon Salt, to taste 1x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g