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Southwestern Bean Soup

It’s Saturday but who cares?  The original recipe I got from Cooks.com here.  I tweaked it a little to fit the ingredients I had on hand.  My family really liked it.  It’s definitely a ‘keeper’ here at my house.  Serves 6 adults.

Southwestern Bean Soup

16oz. dried black beans

1 can red kidney beans (although I would use dried kidney beans if I had them)

20oz. frozen corn

3 cans diced green chile’s

1 – 28oz. can green enchilada sauce

3 – 8oz cream cheese

1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin

Cook dried black beans until tender.  Add salt to taste.  Drain and reserve bean juice. 

Add cream cheese to beans and melt or if you want to be sure that there is no cream cheese lumps, melt cream cheese and enchilada sauce together in a separate saucepan over medium low.  Add the rest of the ingredients and heat till warm.  If you think it’s not soupy enough add some bean juice.

Serve with cornbread.

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