Black Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 lb. dried black beans
1 ham butt
6 c. chicken broth
2 Tbsp. Tabasco pepper sauce
2 Tbsp. cilantro
1 Tbsp. oregano
2 tsp. cumin
1 can (28 oz.) whole tomatoes

Preparation

Cook and stir onion and garlic in oil in Dutch oven until onion is tender.
Stir in next 8 ingredients.
Heat to boiling.
Boil 2 minutes.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer until beans are tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
Remove ham butt and cut into pieces and return to soup.
Whirl 2 cups of the soup in blender or food processor until smooth and remix with remaining soup.
Serves 8.