One-Pot Mexicali Black Bean Soup
with Food Should Taste Good™️ Blue Corn Tortilla Chips & the Works
- Milk
- Sesame
This week, we’re serving a hearty, flavorful black bean soup that’s ready in just 20 minutes—and it all cooks up in one pot, making cleanup a breeze! The beans are simmered in a richly-spiced broth with diced tomatoes, veggie stock, onion, tomato paste, and Southwest seasonings until the soup is thick and the beans are tender. For toppings, load up your bowl with “the works”—scallions, cheddar cheese, smoky red pepper crema, and crushed blue corn tortilla chips. Now that’s what we call a truly SOUP-er supper.
Ingredients
2 unit
Veggie Stock Concentrate
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Tomato Paste
1 unit
Onion
1.5 ounce
Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
(Contains: Sesame)
2 tablespoon
Smoky Red Pepper Crema
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Black Beans
1 unit
Tomato
2 unit
Scallions
1 unit
Tex-Mex Paste
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and finely dice onion until you have ¾ cup (1½ cups for 4 servings). Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Dice tomato. Drain beans over a small bowl, reserving liquid.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and scallion whites. Cook, stirring, until softened, 3-4 minutes. • Add Southwest Spice; stir until fragrant, 30 seconds. • Stir in diced tomato, tomato paste, and Tex-Mex paste; cook until slightly darkened in color, 1 minute.
• Stir 1¾ cups water, stock concentrates, beans, and ¼ cup reserved bean liquid into pot. (For 4 servings, use 3 cups water and ½ cup bean liquid.) Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 5-8 minutes. TIP: Prefer your broth a bit thicker? Simmer a little longer—or vice versa, if you prefer a thinner broth! You’re the chef, after all. • Taste and season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat.
• Crush a few Food Should Taste Good™ Blue Corn Tortilla Chips. • Divide soup between bowls and top with scallion greens, cheddar, smoky red pepper crema, and as many crushed tortilla chips as you like. (TIP: Start with a few crushed chips and add more as you go to keep them crunchy!) Serve with whole tortilla chips on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the rich, smoky flavor; some found it spicy, while others wanted more heat 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Customers raved about how quick, easy, and delicious this one-pot meal was to prepare.
- Suggestions: Consider adding corn, extra beans, or ground meat for more substance; some preferred less onion.
- Leftovers: Several mentioned it reheated well, with some saying the flavors improved the next day.
- Portions: Some felt it was filling, while others wished for a larger serving or more chips for dipping.
Reviews from our home cooks
I'm a little iffy about black bean soup. My grandmom ordered this and said there were not enough beans for her. So when we made it we tossed in an extra can of black beans and about 2 cups of left over rotisserie chicken and it was PERFECT!
This is going to become my go to black bean soup recipe. Its so easy, and so fast, and so delicious!
This soup is really delicious, especially with the blue corn chips! I wish that there was a salad or vegetable side dish with this meal to balance out the tomato flavors.
Soup is very tasty. I was unimpressed with the quality of the tomato provided--it was pock-marked & the skin had radical color changes. I subbed my own, which was fine. Probably needs some more black beans--to be honest, I could probably easily down the entire 2-serving order of the soup. Didn't have that problem with other meals. Soy chorizo may also be an option. Still, very good, overall.
I always grab an extra can of black beans and tomato paste when I see this in my recipes so I can make a double batch. It is so easy and delicious.
SO good! I had never actually made my own soup before so this recipe was a perfect introduction, wasn't too spicy but also had a nice kick to it. Definitely going to be saving this card for another time!
The soup was really good and there was plenty for two people, but I think there was only enough chips, crema, and cheese for one serving.
This was a rich in flavor soup that was simple to make. The toppings that come with made it extra good. My children did not love this one as much as others though.
For such a simple-sounding recipe, I was ho hum about this but when I got around to making it, I was very impressed how good it is. Great flavors here, smoky, tangy, cheesy, and creamy with a very understated acidic sweetness. Don't judge a recipe by it's simplicity, this one is a keeper and is going in my bookmarked recipe list.
The only thing I wouldn't do again is add back in the black bean juice, it was a little hard on the body. We also added fire roasted corn and chopped green chiles, very tasty.
