Picante Black Bean Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 slices bacon, diced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, undrained
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 3/4 cup pace picante sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (you may want to add more)
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano leaves, crushed
• sour cream

Recipe

• 1 cook bacon over medium high heat until crisp.
• 2 remove to paper towels; set aside.
• 3 add onion and garlic to drippings.
• 4 cook and stir for 3 minutes.
• 5 add beans, broth, water, 3/4 cup picante sauce, salt and oregano.
• 6 cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• 7 ladle into soup bowls; dollop with sour cream.
• 8 sprinkle with bacon.
• 9 serve with crackers or tortilla chips.