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This Black Bean Boo-dle Halloween Soup is as spooky as it is delicious! With creamy black beans, flavorful veggies, and thick noodles, it’s the quick and tasty dinner you need to serve up this Halloween.
save this recipe!This Halloween, fill up on more than just candy! This spooky Halloween soup is ultra-flavorful and so filling (check out all of our healthy Halloween recipes here).
With carrot-shaped pumpkins, dark as night black beans, and creepy crawly udon noodles, it’s a quick soup that’s sure to be a hit!
How to make carrot pumpkins
You can make quick carrot “pumpkins” by peeling your carrot and then making two shallow slits down the length of your carrot. The depth of these slits will make the height of your stem, and the distance between them will make the width of it.
Then make two more cuts, starting from the opposite edges of the carrot, perpendicular to the cuts you just made. You’ll remove a long, pie-looking slice and will be left with a long pumpkin. Just cut into slices for soup-ready “pumpkins”!
grab these spooky ingredients
This is just an overview. Jump to the recipe card for the full instructions.
- Black Beans: Black beans are the major component of this soup. We’ll blend some of them and leave some whole, giving this soup a hearty texture.
- Broth: Grab a carton of store-bought or make your own vegetable broth!
- Flavor Base: The pumpkin carrots, onion, celery, and garlic create a flavorful base for our soup.
- Apple Cider Vinegar: This tart ingredient helps to brighten up all these savory flavors. It levels up this soup!
- Udon Noodles: These thick and slurpy noodles are cooked separately and added right before serving. They’re the finishing touch on this creepy soup!
how to make Halloween soup
This is a simple and quick recipe perfect for festive parties or weeknight dinners. Here’s a quick rundown of how to make it, but be sure to jump to the recipe card for the full steps.
- Make the Base: Blitz half the beans and the broth.
- Make Carrot Pumpkins: Cut out the tops of large carrots to make these cute shapes.
- Saute the Flavor Makers: In a large pot, saute the rest of the vegetables.
- Make the Soup: Add the seasonings and broth base and simmer. After 20 minutes, add the cooked noodles.
Customize It!
As with most soup recipes, this Halloween soup is incredibly customizable! You can find a ton of ideas over on our guide to building the perfect soup, but are a few of my favorite ways to customize this:
- Add sauerkraut instead of apple cider vinegar for a tangy twist (my sauerkraut recipe here!).
- Add cheese, like shredded sharp cheddar or crumbled feta.
- Add herbs when you serve, like cilantro or Italian parsley.
- Add popcorn as a topping, as in this pumpkin soup recipe.
Black Bean Boo-dle Halloween Soup
Ingredients
- 3 15-oz cans black beans, 425 g cans
- 4 cups vegetable broth, 946 mL
- 2 large carrots
- 2 Tbsp olive oil, 15 mL
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium white onion, chopped
- 4 stalks celery, chopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 to 4 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, start with less and add more as needed, I like it with all 4 Tbsp! 30 to 60 mL
- 3 oz udon noodles, 85 g, or other thick noodles
- To serve: diced avocado
Instructions
- The Base: In a blender, blitz to combine half of the black beans and half of the broth. Set aside.
- Carrot Pumpkins: Make easy carrot “pumpkins” by peeling your carrots then making two shallow slits down the length of your carrot. The depth of these slits will make the height of your stem, and the distance between them will make the width of it. Then make two more cuts, starting from the opposite edges of the carrot, perpendicular into the cuts you just made. You’ll remove a long, pie-looking slice and will be left with a long pumpkin. Cut into slices to form pumpkin slices.
- Flavor Base: Heat oil in a large soup pot over medium heat, then add garlic, onion, carrots, and celery. Cook until onion is soft, about 5 minutes.
- Make Soup: Add salt, pepper, pureed black beans, remaining black beans, remaining broth, and vinegar. Continue cooking over medium heat, bringing to a simmer for 20 minutes until slightly thickened.
- Noodles: Meanwhile, prepare udon noodles according to instructions on the package.
- Serve: Stir noodles into soup before serving. Serve hot, topped with cubes of avocado.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information calculated by Sarah Bond, degreed nutritionist.
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Please check your protein contents. It’s literally impossible that these recipes live up to their claims when the highest protein ingredient in this is about 9g per 100g which is strongly diluted by the water and other low protein ingredients. A serving would need to be almost 1kg.