Recipe: Black Bean & Steak Fajita Soup is a full-nutrition combination for dinners. An all-in-one dish helps you save time preparing, cooking, and cleaning up. Tasty steak, hearty beans, and colorful peppers are ready to enjoy, guys!
Recipe Description
Yesterday was my big day as a presenter at the Child Action, Inc., “Caring for Children in Stressful Times” conference and it was a wonderful experience. Though it was an adventure getting there (light rail had lost power in the stretch of line that I needed to be on and the bus drivers they used for the replacement bus bridges didn’t seem to know where they should be going), I made it and gave presentations that I hope were in some way valuable to the participants. Unfortunately, I’m still not 100% health-wise, so I didn’t feel so hot towards the latter part of the day. By the time I got home I came to the conclusion that the only thing I wanted to eat was soup, and even though I was rewarded well for the event, I still had to fall back on what I had available to me at home because going to the bank was far too big an ordeal. This presented quite the conundrum as I was feeling pretty awful by the time I got home, so I really had to pay attention to what I had available in my kitchen if I wanted to have some decent soup.
Fortunately, my kitchen cooperated, thanks to ingredients that appear to have gotten together behind my back to make sure they tasted okay when combined. Lately, I’ve gotten teased by some friends and family members who say that I should get sick more often because I seem to get more inspired. I don’t know that that’s really the case; I truly believe that I’ve just happened to have some interesting stuff left in my fridge and cupboards that happen to mix well together. Last night I some food math in my head and came up with a fabulous little hybrid of a recipe that I hope everyone will enjoy as much as I did.
I was inspired to make this after a conference participant asked me if I ever made my own tortilla chips. That started me talking, I referred to a different soup that I make that calls for tortilla strips, then figured it’d be fun to add these to a different soup. With some leftover steak and some veggies, I decided to make a soup inspired by one of my favorite “fun” dinners, fajitas. Tasty steak, hearty black beans, and plenty of colorful peppers make this a satisfying dish that most should enjoy. Top it with some homemade tortilla strips and you’ve got a great soup that will help you make use of some of those pesky leftovers you can’t get rid of. Did I mention it’s only about $1.75/serving? Mmmm… tasty, cheap soup. 🙂
Details Recipe Information
- Prepare: 10 Mins
- Cook: 15 Mins
- Difficult: Easy
- Serving: 2 people
- Cost per serving: $
- Nutrition: for each serving
- Calories: 302.8
- Fat: 11g
- Cholesterol: 14.3mg
- Sodium: 419.1mg
- Potassium: 463.7mg
- Carbohydrates: 33.7g
- Protein: 11.1g
Ingredients
- 1 cup flank steak cut into 1 + 1/2” pieces (or 1 cup cooked steak)
- 2 cans black beans, rinsed & drained
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 cup broth
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3/4 cup bell pepper strips
- 2 tbsp cooking oil, divided
- 1/2 tbsp + 1/4 tbsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tbsp + 1/4 tbsp sea salt
- 1/4 tbsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
- 5 taco size corn tortillas, cut into strips
- A small handful chopped cilantro (optional for garnish)
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