This easy 10-ingredient black bean soup recipe is one of our mainstays on cold nights. Warm & creamy, it's perfect with a sprinkle of fresh toppings.
What I love about Super Bowl week (and it’s not the game, of course – who’s even playing? and that’s football right?)… What I love is the amount of Mexican-ish comfort food that’s all over the internet. I haven’t been into a game since the Super Bowl shuffle, but suddenly I find myself craving spicy, chile-flavored foods with tons of avocado.
This year, I’m sharing this easy vegan black bean soup recipe that I love to top with dried chile salsa and dollops of a creamy, tangy vegan sun cheese in place of traditional sour cream (recipe below).
How to Make This Black Bean Soup Recipe
The soup part of this recipe is quick and easy… another good one for a cold weeknight. Just follow these simple steps:
- Sauté shallot, garlic, and jalapeño in a little oil until softened.
- Stir in some chili powder, and then add black beans and stock.
- Simmer for 20 minutes to allow the flavors to develop.
- Blend and season to taste! I always finish mine with a good squeeze of lime.
- Enjoy!
Blend up the sun cheese and salsa if you like, but definitely feel free to simplify the toppings… add a little avocado and some good store-bought salsa and call it a night. I like to serve this soup with a side of hot cornbread.
If you love this black bean soup recipe…
Try making chili, tortilla soup, or butternut squash soup next!
The chile sauce and sun cheese recipes make more than you’ll need for this soup – both can be made well in advance.
Spicy Black Bean Soup
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 small shallots, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- ½-1 jalapeño, de-seeded and chopped
- 4 teaspoons chili powder
- 3 cups black beans, cooked, drained (reserve a few for garnish)
- 4 cups low sodium vegetable stock
- up to ½ cup water, if necessary for blending consistency
- Sea salt and fresh black pepper
- Squeeze of lime
- Optional: a few pinches of cayenne and/or smoked paprika
- Serve with (all optional): diced red onion, jalapeño slices, avocado, cilantro, tortillas, sun cheese, salsa, or dried chile salsa
- 1¼ cup hulled sunflower seeds, soaked at least 4 hours
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tablespoons umeboshi vinegar*
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cup water (more as needed)
- Heat a splash of oil in a medium-large pot over medium heat. Add the shallots, garlic, jalapeño, and a few pinches of salt, and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add the chili powder, stir, then add the black beans and stock. Simmer on low heat for 20 or so minutes.
- Blend the soup, adding water or more stock if it's too thick.
- Add a good squeeze of lime, blend again, then taste. Add more salt & spices to your liking. Keep it smooth, or add a few more black beans for texture. Serve with the suggested fixings, or whatever you like!
- For the sun cheese: Blend all ingredients together. Add more water if necessary to thin. Taste and adjust. Serve on the side, and store the remainder in the fridge.
Look for sunflower seeds in the bulk bins that are already hulled. If you can only find skin-on seeds, don't worry about peeling them (it's tedious). It’s creamier with hulled seeds, but will taste fine nonetheless.
Sun cheese recipe adapted from the Casa De Luz Cookbook.
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Hmmm! This looks delicious. Thanks 🙂
I love your twist on the homemade vegan cream. Cashew cream is my usual go-to but using sunflowers sounds like a wonderful alternative!
Love your version of black bean soup! I´m Mexican and would definitely give it a try!
thanks! so glad to hear!
sun cheese! will try : )
This is perfect for super bowl Sunday!
Oooh, I definitely want to give this a go — I love your use of the sun cheese and dried chile salsa too!
thanks Aida! xo
Oh wow! I never heard of sun cheese before! I am soooooo going to use that to thicken soups from now on instead of flour or potatoes! And that dried chile salsa looks phenomenal and suuuper easy!
thanks Stefanie! Sun cheese is one of my favorite sauces to put in (just about) anything… let me know if you give it a try!
yum, this sounds perfect for a cold winter day!
can’t wait to try.
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HI, can you please give me an alternative to the umeboshi vinegar ? rice wine vinegar maybe ?.
thanks
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I don’t have a perfect substitution (next time I make it I will test one!) – the umeboshi vinegar is tangy but also very salty – so I would try rice vinegar + more salt, to taste.
thanks, will give it a try …
I love how you set up your food photos! Makes even something so simple look unmissable.
thanks Abby! It was a trick to get black bean soup to not look ugly (it is grey soup afterall!)
I’ve actually never tried black bean soup but I loooove black beans! This looks delicious. I’ll definitely give it a try 🙂
Let me know if you give it a try – hope you like!
These toppings are killing me! 🙂
Love it! Supersoup for superbowl.
thanks Maria!
a personal favorite and can’t wait to try it with the new topping addition! x
thanks Supal!
Black bean soup is my fav. I could seriously eat it ever day! This version looks killer 🙂
Thanks Katrina 🙂