Spicy Black And Red Bean Soup

Total Time: 7 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups chopped medium-sized onions
• 1 1/4 cups carrots (sliced or baby)
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 cups reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen shoepeg corn or 1 (16 ounce) package peas
• 1 (16 ounce) can red beans or 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) canned italian tomatoes
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) canned no salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can chopped green chilies, undrained
• 1 lb ground beef (blotted and rinsed in warm water)

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients in a 5- or 6-quart electric slow cooker. cover and cook on low 7 hours.
• 2 to make vegetarian, substitute vegetable broth for the chicken broth.
• 3 leftovers freeze well.