Italian Black Bean Soup
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I really didn't do anything to celebrate except relax. This weekend we hit 80F in Seattle, it was just gorgeous! As usual Sunday was my cooking day, and I made this delicious Italian Black Bean Soup. I know I am crazy but I still love my soups during hot days, and the spicier…
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 14 of 16 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut | 1/2 cup shredded (40g) | 283 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Black Bean | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 114 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Celery Stalks | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Meatball | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 lbs of hot or sweet Italian sausage and option is also to use meatballs
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 2 carrots chopped
- 4 slices of pancetta chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 2/3 cup (1 can/16 oz) cooked Great Northern beans
- 1 2/3 cup (1 can/16 oz) black beans
- 1 2/3 cups (1 can/16 oz) of diced tomatoes and their juices
- 4 cups of chicken stock
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp of paprika
- 2 tbsp of olive oil/coconut oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste