This soup is so easy to make, I almost feel embarrassed blogging about it… almost. It’s so delicious I had to share. I’ve been eating it for as long as I can remember, but I couldn’t tell you where it came from or even if it’s my recipe. It got me through the many years I was a poor student and for that, I’ll always be grateful. Don’t let the few # of ingredients fool you, either, it’s one of Scott’s favorite healthy soups and that says a lot. (Sorry for the crappy photo, this soup is bashful!)
Makes 4 cups
Ingredients:
14 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup frozen yellow or roasted corn
1 cup chunky salsa
1 1/2 cups veg broth
1/2 tsp cumin
hot sauce as desired
baked corn chips - optional
Directions:
1. Place 1 cup beans, salsa, broth and cumin in a blender.
2. Puree until smooth.
3. Transfer to a medium saucepan.
4. Add remaining ingredients except chips.
5. Stir to combine.
6. Heat thorougly over low.
7. Once warmed, serve.
8. Top the soup off with broken chips.
Note: You can skip the stove top and heat it in the microwave instead, too. My dorm room was without a stove and it worked just fine… but I did burn my tongue off a few times 
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Simple and delicious! This is my favorite kind of recipe, just a few ingredients that come together to kick some serious butt!
That is a really nice, fast recipe. Sounds like a perfect lunch! Thanks!
Oooh I love easy and fast recipes. This looks delicious!
I’ll be making this tonight!
It looks beautiful to me…I love a good creamy black bean soup!
sometimes, simple is best. looks good!
You cannot beat simple and cheap!! Great post
Love it. Thanks for sharing.
zesty
I added in fresh lime juice, as I had a lime lying around. I also used Safeway Select Chipotle Salsa which is quite tasty and thus does not need any more hot sauce.
I like this soup just as much as the Chipotle Roasted Corn Soup:
http://happyherbivore.com/2008/09/chipotle-roasted-corn-soup/
which means that this recipe has earned the Jim-is-a-lazy-ass-but-enjoys-cooking-tasty-food STAMP OF APPROVAL!
We make this every now and then. It feels like cheating, but it’s always so good.
Just my kind of recipe… simple and delicious! I’ll try ANYTHING that has black beans and salza! Two of my favs
MMMMmmmmmm
Thanks for posting!!
I love, love, love cheap and easy meals! Great job!
This is one of my favorites soups of the recent past. She like fixing us soups for lunch.
how did you know I had some black beans soaking?
I make a similar soup! It was one of the first “homemade” things I learned to do! I think the basis of any black bean soup is basically black beans and veggie broth.
I usually add a bit of lime juice and fresh cilantro right at the end.