Spanish Black Bean Soup

== Description ==
Canned beans help to short cut the cooking process and turns out wonderfully in this filling soup 
== Ingredients ==
* 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
* 2 cups fresh onions or frozen onions, about 2 medium yellow onions
* 1 cup frozen bell peppers, stir-fry mixed red, green, and yellow peppers; do not thaw
* ⅓ cup Spanish ham or prosciutto, finely diced
* 1 clove garlic, minced
* 1 large whole bay leaf
* ½ teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
* ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
* 2 (1 lbs) cans black beans, with their liquid
* 1 (14.5 ounces) can beef broth
* 3 tablespoons dry sherry
* salt
* ground black pepper
* 3 cups leftover cooked rice, reheated
* 2 large hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped
* 4 tablespoons Italian parsley, coarsely chopped
== Directions ==
# Heat oil in large sauce pan over high heat about 2 minutes.
# Add onion, stir fry mix, ham, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, and coriander.
# Stir well to coat, reduce heat to medium, cover and allow tastes to mingle for about 10 minutes add beans and liquid, broth, and sherry; adjust heat so soup bubbles slightly, cover and simmer about 15 minutes.
# Remove bay leaf and season to taste with salt and pepper to serve, mound ½ cup rice in each of heated large soup plates.
# Ladle in soup, then top with scattering of hard-cooked egg and parsley.
Category:Bell pepper Recipes
Category:Black bean Recipes
Category:Ham Recipes
Category:Hard-boiled egg Recipes
Category:Prosciutto Recipes
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Category:Sherry Recipes
Category:Spanish Soups
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