Oven Roasted Black Bean Soup | Sequatchie Cove Farm

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of dried black turtle beans
• 2 onions
• 4 sweet bell peppers
• 5 or 6 tomatoes
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 lbs of chicken tenders, or your favorite cuts of boneless chicken
• 2 Tablespoons of Jamaican Jerk Dry Rub spices (see link below for blend recipe)
• A little olive oil
• Sea salt & pepper
• 1 bunch of cilantro, washed and chopped
• 1 lime

Preparation:

Boil dried beans in a large stock pot with enough water to cover by 4 or 5 inches.  Boil until soft, and the water has reduced to a loose, gravy-like consistency.  Salt to taste.

While the beans are boiling, coarsely chop the onions, bell peppers and tomatoes and place in a large glass baking dish.  Toss with olive oil and sea salt.  Bake for one hour at 4oo degrees.

Once beans are cooked, toss chicken with the Jamaican jerk dry rub and olive oil.  Grill until cooked through (or sautee in a pan with oil or butter if no grill).  Chop into bite size pieces and add to cooked beans.  Dice garlic and add to bean mixture.   Add roasted tomatoes, peppers and onions to the soup.  Stir and warm through, adding water if too thick.   Stir in choped cilantro, juice from the lime, and season with salt and pepper to taste.   Serve with hot corn bread.

Jamaican Jerk Dry Rub Recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Jamaican-Jerk-Dry-Rub/Detail.aspx

Filed under: Seasonal Food Recipes on August 11th, 2009 |