Recipe - Black Bean-Onion Soup Wlime Chipotle And Cornbread Crust

6 cup Cooked black beans
1 One half tablespoon Cumin seed
1 One half tablespoon Dried oregano
3 tablespoon New Mexico chili powder; to
taste
One half teaspoon Cayenne
1 teaspoon Paprika; or more
1 tablespoon Virgin olive oil;
fullflavored
3 cup Sweet onions; chopped
3 teaspoon Minced garlic; or less
4 cup Chopped tomatoes; canned,
drain and reserve the juice
1 teaspoon Chipotle pepper; with adobo
sauce, chopped, or more
1 tablespoon Fresh lime juice; or malt
vinegar
One fourth cup Chopped fresh cilantro;
(coriander)
Cornbread mix; Callender's®,
see cooks note
One fourth cup Corn kernels; or more

In a small skillet, combine cumin seed, oregano, chili powder,
cayenne and paprika (hot or sweet). Place over medium heat and toast,
shaking the pan constantly (if it starts to burn, it IS!), until
fragrant, up to 5 minutes.

Remove from skillet onto a plate (paper works) and allow to cool.
Transfer to a mortar and grind the cumin seed. Set aside.

In a large, heavy pot (for the beans) heat the oil and add the onion;
saute until soft; about 4 minutes. Add garlic and the spices; and
warm about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and chipotle; bring to a boil;
reduce heat; simmer for bout 15 minutes. Add juice from the canned
tomatoes if necessary to help create a sauce.

Add the beans, and more tomato juice and water to cover the beans
barely. Simmer until the mixture is well flavored: 20 to 30 minutes.

Remove the chili from the heat; stir in the lime juice and chopped
cilantro.Depending upon how "soupy" the beans are, use slotted spoon
to portion stew to ovenproof (1One half cup) bowls.

Top with corn meal mixed according to the package, adjusted for the
added corn kernels. COOKSNOTE Or top with corn kernels and sprinkle
1 or 2 tablespoons of cornmeal (dry) on top.

NUTRITION est by mastercook 237 cals, 3g fat (12% cff)

Recipe by: James McNair's Beans & Grains (1997)

Posted to EATLF Digest by PatHanneman kitpath@earthlink.net on Mar
26, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.