Black Bean Soup With Sausage Crock Pot Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or 6qt stockpot saute onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic in olive oil until tender; add beans, tomatoes, chicken stock, coriander, red pepper flakes and salt (if needed); Bring to boiling, reduce heat, cover and simmer for at least 30 minutes.
• In the meantime (optional) cook sausage in a nonstick pan and drain; set aside (we like the flavor a little better that way).
• Add sausage& dry sherry; stir 2-3 minutes or until heated through.
• Serve soup with sour cream, and shredded cheddar if desired; and a nice crusty bread.

Steps:

• Soak the black beans overnight in a generous amount of water.
• Preheat the crock pot on high while prepping.
• Drain beans, rinse, and place in a large pan, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil, boil for 10 minutes, then drain and put them in crock pot.
• Heat oil in a large skillet and saute the onion, garlic, celery with the chiles, cumin, and mustard powder for 3 minutes Add the bell pepper, stir, and put contents of skillet in the crock pot. Stir.
• Add sausages to skillet, and cook until browned, (but don't overcook) then empty into crock pot.
• Blend tomatoes, maple syrup, and broth. Cover and cook on high for 6 to 8 hours.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste, garnish with the chopped thyme.

Steps:

• Warm oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until onion is softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Combine onion mixture, beans (with their liquid), salsa and chicken broth in a slow cooker.
• Stir well and cook on low for 5 hours.
• Stir sausages into bean mixture in slow cooker and cook for 1 hour longer.
• Using tongs, remove sausages to a cutting board, cut into bite size pieces and then return to slow cooker.
• Stir in cilantro and season with salt and pepper.
• Serve soup hot in bowls, with chopped avocado and a dollop of sour cream on top, if desired.

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, combine beans, broth, tomatoes, sausage, onion, celery, carrots, cumin, bay leaves, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. Mix well. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
• Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Ladle into bowls and garnish with crab and cilantro.

Steps:

• In skillet brown sausage, onion, and garlic.
• Drain fat.
• Transfer to slow cooker.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except for Parmesan cheese.
• Cover and cook on Low for 6-8 hours or on High for 3-4 hours.
• Ladle into bowls and top each serving with Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Steps:

• Spray 3- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In cooker, mix all ingredients except sausage and parsley.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours.
• Stir in sausage and parsley. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 30 minutes longer or until sausage is hot.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil until shimmering. Add the onion and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic along with the chipotle, cumin and oregano and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 2 minutes. Add the black beans and chicken stock and simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes. Using a potato masher, coarsely crush some of the beans.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over high heat. Add the sausage and cook until browned, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add the sausage to the beans, along with the lime juice and cilantro; season with salt and pepper. Simmer the soup for 2 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve, passing the sour cream and lime wedges separately.