🥣 Smoky Black Bean Taco Soup

This Smoky Black Bean Taco Soup is warming, colourful and packed with useful cupboard ingredients. Black beans, sweetcorn, peppers and tomatoes simmer with our Mexican Taco Spice to create a satisfying meat-free meal with very little effort.

Crisp tortilla strips and cooling yoghurt provide a lovely contrast to the rich tomato broth.

🥣 Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tbsp Mexican Taco Spice
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 2 × 400g tins chopped tomatoes
• 500ml vegetable stock
• 2 × 400g tins black beans, drained and rinsed
• 150g sweetcorn
• 2 small corn or flour tortillas
• Plain yoghurt or soured cream, to serve
• Salt, to taste

⏱ Timings

• Preparation: 15 minutes
• Cooking: 30 minutes
• Serves: 4–6

🍳 How to Make Smoky Black Bean Taco Soup

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Cook the onion and pepper gently for 7–8 minutes until soft.
2. Add the garlic, Mexican Taco Spice and tomato purée. Stir for 1 minute.
3. Add the tomatoes, stock and three-quarters of the black beans. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
4. Blend a few ladlefuls of soup or use a stick blender briefly to thicken it while leaving plenty of texture.
5. Add the remaining beans and sweetcorn, then simmer for 5 minutes. Season to taste.
6. Meanwhile, cut the tortillas into strips and toast in a dry frying pan until crisp. Serve over the soup with yoghurt.

🥑 Serving Suggestions

Add diced avocado, grated cheese or lime at the table. The soup keeps well for three days in the fridge and also freezes without the toppings.

✨ Why This Recipe Works

Partially blending the soup creates body without cream or flour, while reserving some beans preserves texture. Toasting the tortilla strips separately keeps them properly crisp.

🌶 Spice & Dipity Product Used

Our Mexican Taco Spice adds smoky, lively flavour to soups, beans, mince, seafood and vegetables.

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• Taco-Spiced Turkey Burgers with Lime Slaw
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