Black Bean and Beef Pastrami Soup

[Smokin Soon]

Tried this today myself, and wow! its gonna be on my cold weather lunch list for sure. Used half Tasso and half Cajun brats that I had frozen uncooked. Opened up the links and browned with the Tasso. The beans nicely absorbed all of the spices from the 2 different meats. I used a brand of black beans that was "Cuban". Don't know if that made any difference but they had a very nice consistency. No pics, my camera is at work. Thanks Habs!

[Habanero Smoker]

Up In Smoke & Smokin Soon;

Thanks. It is a good soup to build on, I have to try some of your variations. It also tastes good without meat.

[Ka Honu]

...It also tastes good without meat.

But what would be the point?

[La Quinta]

Smokin...you got May gray...soon to morf into June gloom...the desert is nice...98 today and dry..... doesn't take long to heat up the smoker out here... :D

[Smokin Soon]

LQ, I have friends down there that love that heat thing, but I really enjoy 73 degrees and a nice blue sky up here in the SF Bay Area. 98 to 112....gimme a salt pill and then a 6 pack of Heinekan to replace lost fluids and send me home! ;D

[Up In Smoke]

With cooler weather around the corner, rain for the last three days and coming for the next 5,  i decided to get the small soup pot out and knock the dust off of it.
what better way than with Habs recipe.
again i cannot say enough good about it.
if you have not tried this yet you will kick yourself for waiting.

[bflosmoke]

Do you think that vegetable broth would work in place of chicken broth my daughter is on the dark side (vegetanarianism) and I am trying to make sure she gets different choices for protien ?
BFLO

[Habanero Smoker]

UIS;

Thanks for bringing this recipe back up. Like you say, with the cooler weather, I tend to start making more comfort foods.

bflosmoke,

Vegetable broth will work great with this recipe. I'm so use to only using chicken broth that I overlooked that ingredient.