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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (533g) Recipe makes 6 servings
Calories 527
Calories from Fat 259		(49%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 28.8g	44%
	Saturated Fat 10.8g	53%
	Monounsaturated Fat 12.3g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 3.7g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 233mg		77%
Sodium 89mg		3%
Potassium 1191mg		34%
Total Carbohydrate 47.2g		15%
	Dietary Fiber 11.2g	44%
	Sugars 4.8g
Protein 21.1g		42%
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Traditional Costa Rican Bean Soup

Recipe #305098 | 2½ hours | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: sassafrasnanc
May 27, 2008

One of the local favorites in Costa Rica, it's a wonderful and comforting meal. Black beans are the best in my opinion! I would recommend spicing this up a little with some hot sauce or even some slices of fresh hot peppers! It's very simple to make as well.

SERVES 6 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

2 cups dried black beans (substitute with red beans or pinto beans)
6 eggs
2/3 cup lard or vegetable oil
8 cups water
1 1/2 cups yellow onions, diced
1 cup red bell pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon oregano
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 celery rib, chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves, diced
salt and pepper

Directions

1
Rinse beans well.
2
Soak beans in water in a saucepan for 2 hours.
3
Bring to a boil.
4
Cover and simmer until beans are soft about 1 ½ hours. Remove from heat.
5
Puree beans with their liquid, onions, bell peepers, oregano, cilantro, celery, garlic, and cilantro in a blender.
6
Transfer to a saucepan and heat the soup at medium low temperature.
7
Poach eggs in soup.
8
Serve hot w/ fried flour or corn tortillas.

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From: Sydney Mike

On Jun 25, 2008

Great tasting soup, even without the eggs! I made the soup as directed & I did poach an egg for my first bowl, just to see what it was like ~ MOST ENJOYABLE, but since my other half is on a cholesterol-lowering kick, I left the eggs out of the rest! Wouldn't even mind trying it again with some not-so-hot peppers! [Made & reviewed while touring South & Central America on the Zaar World Tour 4]

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From: A Good Thing

On Jun 23, 2008

A very nice soup! The guys at our house really enjoyed the eggs in this tasty soup. Daughter and I skipped the eggs but ended up putting some Green Rice (Arroz Verde) in our second bowl of soup. These two recipes worked quite well together. When daughter moves out, I'm going to make this again with the suggested hot peppers. (-; Made for ZWT4.

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