Cheater's Bean Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 4 (19 ounce) cans black beans
• 4 1/2 cups vegetable cocktail or 4 1/2 cups tomato juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• chopped fresh cilantro
• lime wedge

Recipe

• 1 drain and rinse the beans, but keep the liquid in which the beans were packed.
• 2 puree the beans thoroughly in a food processor.
• 3 saute the seasonings in the oil in a large soup pot.
• 4 add the beans, the vegetable cocktail and the sugar.
• 5 stir well.
• 6 bring to a simmer.
• 7 taste the soup, and thin it with water or the bean liquid, according to whether you think the soup needs more salt or not.
• 8 (the bean packing liquid is very salty.) serve with chopped coriander and lime wedges.