Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2012

This is very good! I cut the black pepper in half and added just a pinch of the cayenne and left the hot pepper sauce altogether, for the sake of the 6 little ones in the house. :) Hubby and I added a generous amount of Tabasco at the table. I made some yellow rice and served it in the bowl with the soup, with freshly cut homegrown tomatoes on top, with a dollop of plain Greek yogurt. YUMMY! Will be on my regular menu plan!

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Christy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Brandon, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2012

This is the best of black bean soups! I doubled the dry spices rather than use the jalapeno and it had just the right amount of kick. I like using dry beans instead of canned beans. This soup is better than the black bean soup you'll find in most restaurants. I have already shared it with all four of my daughters. Great job! (Easy to make a nice vegetarian version, too, simply by using vegetable broth instead of chicken broth.)

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Yee-Haw Grandmaw

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2012

Not your ordinary Black Bean Soup. I made this for dinner tonight and my husband requested the 5 star review. Changes I made: I added a diced onion, added a 28 oz can of tomatoes, used 2 lbs of dried beans, did not add jalapeno instead I added Tabasco, chipotle hot sauce and doubled all other spices. A great basic recipe that I adjusted to our tastes. Thanks

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JULIEP2

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: London, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Monroe, New York, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2012

Definitely spicy! I removed some of the liquid and then put it through the cuisinart. I like my soup thicker and it was awesome! The 2nd time I made it I reduced the jalapenos and it was perfect!

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gpgal

Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2012

This was an excellent recipe you may want to make extra; I'm making it a 2nd time in 2 weeks! The only adjustment I made was to use sweet bell peppers instead of the jalapenos because I was serving it to daycare children. I also cooked it for an extra day in the crock pot on low heat to have a softer bean, and that was only as a matter of preference.

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Stella

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2012

I really did not like this one. It was spicy but had no flavor, strangely. Was it my chicken broth? I don't know.....but I have to find some way to salvage this. I'm going to add corn, peppers, onions, and tomatoes tomorrow to kick up the leftovers.

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monikakey

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2011

I thought this was great. I followed the idea of adding Rotel - because how could that be bad. Plus, I didn't have any jalapenos on hand, so figured that would add some spice. I cut back a little on the cayenne and boosted the hot sauce a bit. Then used the immersion blender to give it a little smoothness. Mmmm - can't wait for dinner!

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oelhei

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2011

I've been on the hunt for a good black bean soup recipe for months now. This was the third recipe I've tried, and I'm so happy I found it! I will admit that I messed up the consistency - my bad, not the recipe's fault - but we ended up using the finished product as burrito filler, chicken topping, etc. The flavors were delicious! It had the perfect amount of kick to it to please me and my boyfriend, who loves it spicy. I'm excited to try this again and fix what I did last time to make the perfect soup. A couple things I did differently: I tried one reviewer's method of bringing the dry black beans and chicken stock to a rolling boil, then adding to the crock pot; they were more tender than beans I've had soak overnight! I didn't have any cayenne, so I threw in some hot sauce and Cajun seasoning I had on hand. Other than that, this recipe is excellent as is!

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misscarlyrae

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2011

giving the starts because it sounds like it will be amazing, but haven't actually tried it yet! can't wait to try this. Does anyone know if it can just be done on low for entire day (while at work), rather than high, then low?

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tammyclf

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2011

I made this recipe last night and it is delicious. I added smoked diced kielbasa sausage. I would cut the cayenne in half. i used fresh serrano chilis instead of jalapeno. I also started with dried black beans that i boiled for 3 mins then started cooking in crockpot. i cooked in crockpot for 6 hours on high then overnight on low. I also pureed about 1 cup of the beans with my hand blender to thicken it.

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