Black Bean Soup

It has been a rainy few days here in Toronto, hurricane sandy has rolled through here bringing rain and cold weather.  Perfect for soup.

Black bean Soup

-2 large onions chopped
-2 tablespoons olive oil
-1 can of diced tomatoes
-1 cup white wine
-4 cups of chicken broth
-1 sweet potato diced
-1 potato diced
-1 can black beans
-1 tablespoon chili powder
-1 pinch of chili flakes
-1/2 teaspoon pepper
-dash of salt
-dash of cumin
-1/2 teaspoon oregano
-1/2 teaspoon thyme
-fresh lime and cilantro before you eat and cheddar cheese grated

In a sauce pan on medium heat add the oil and start to cook the onions, one the onions are cooked, add the wine, tomatoes, chicken broth, potato, sweet potatoes, chili powder, black beans (washed well) and the spices.  Allow it to simmer on medium low heat for about 40 minutes and then as you serve add grated cheese, squeeze in lime and add cilantro.

Crispy Citrus Chicken

My children loved this meal.  The ate have the chicken between the two of them.

Crispy Citrus Chicken

-1 whole chicken
-1/2 onion
-1/2 orange
-3 cloves of garlic
-2 tablespoons soften butter
-1 teaspoon chili powder
-1 tablespoon fresh thyme
-1 handful of fresh thyme sprigs
-1 teaspoon rosemary
-salt and pepper

Wash the chicken and loosen the skin from the chicken.  Stuff half an onion, 1 clove of garlic, salt ans pepper and the sprigs of the thyme and lemon inside the chicken, add the orange at the end, so yo ucan see the orange.

Rub

Mix the softened butter with 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme chopped, 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper.  Rub the chicken with this mixture and rub it underneath the lifted skin.

Preheat the oven to 375 and cook for 1 hour and 10 minutes.  Make sure it is cooked and then serve.