This easy recipe takes the Cajun favorite red beans with rice and turns them into a delicious hearty soup in about 15 minutes with just 5 ingredients.
For lunch or a light dinner, enjoy your Jamaican Red Bean and Rice Soup with a side salad and warm crusty bread.
Jamaican Jerk spices up red bean and rice soup with cilantro
How many calories and WW points are in this red bean and rice soup?
By my calculations, each 1-cup serving has about 248 calories.
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Ingredients for Red Bean and Rice Soup
- Chopped onion
- Bacon
- Chicken broth without fat
- Jamaican Jerk spice blend
- Canned red beans
- Precooked microwaveable whole grain brown rice
- Chopped cilantro
How to make Jamaican Red Bean and Rice Soup, step by step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all the ingredients.
Ready to make soup
Step 2: Cook onion and bacon in a large pot over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent burning.
Cook onion and sliced ​​bacon over medium heat
Step 3: While the onion and bacon are cooking, microwave the chicken broth microwave oven– Safe ball for 2 minutes with high power.
Step 4: Pour hot broth and Jamaican jam seasoning over onion and bacon mixture. Add the beans to the pot and mash gently with the back of a spoon to break up the skins.
Stir in hot broth, spices and beans
Step 5: Stir the mixture, cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
Step 6: Lower the heat, uncover the pot and let it cook for 5 minutes.
Step 7: Stir in the brown rice, cover the pot and simmer for 5 minutes.
Step 8: Serve the soup hot, sprinkled with chopped cilantro.
Pour the soup into a bowl and serve hot
Step 9: Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Recipe Notes:
What is Jamaican Jerk Seasoning? I used the McCormick Gourmet brand, which consists of the following blend of ingredients: sea salt, spices (including thyme, cayenne pepper, allspice), and sugar. It is often described as a combination of sweet, smoky, fiery and fruity.
Service offers
Enjoy this hearty and filling soup plain or with freshly chopped cilantro powder. It also goes well with a simple arugula salad and cornbread or Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole.
Jamaican Red Bean and Rice Soup Covered with Cilantro
Ways to use leftovers
Make this soup for quick lunches. Once the soup is ready, divide into individual containers with airtight lids and store in the refrigerator for quick eating. Chop the cilantro and store in separate bags with the soup cans.
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Equipment:
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A chef’s knife
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A large pot
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Soup Bowls
Ingredients
- ½: glass chopped onion
- 2: ham strips, cut crosswise into thin strips
- 2: cans (14 oz. each) low-sodium fat-free chicken stock
- 2: teaspoons Jamaican jerk seasoning
- 1: can (16 oz.) red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1: purse (8.8 oz) precooked whole grain brown rice (I used Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice)
- ¼: glass fresh chopped cilantro
Instructions:
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Cook onion and bacon in a large pot over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent burning.
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While the onion and bacon are cooking, microwave on high for 2 minutes.
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Pour hot broth and Jamaican jam seasoning over onion and bacon mixture. Add the beans to the pot and mash gently with the back of a spoon to break up the skins.
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Stir the mixture, cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
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Lower the heat, uncover the pot and let it cook for 5 minutes.
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Stir in the brown rice, cover the pot and simmer for 5 minutes.
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Serve the soup hot, sprinkled with chopped cilantro.
Notes
I used the McCormick Gourmet brand, which consists of the following blend of ingredients: sea salt, spices (including thyme, cayenne pepper, allspice), and sugar. It is often described as a combination of sweet, smoky, fiery and fruity.
The size of the service. 1 cup
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7:00 *PointsPlus (old plan)
Nutrition
The source of the recipe: Cooking Light 5 Ingredient 15 Minute Recipes
* Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All ingredients in a recipe, except for optional items, are included in determining nutritional ratings. SmartPoints® values ​​are calculated WITHOUT each plan ZeroPoint Foods (Green Plan, Blue Plan, Purple Plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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