Black Bean Soup Spanish Style

Ingredients

1 c black beans
4 c water
4 bay leaves
1/4 ts celery seed
1/2 c celery
1 c onion
1 clove garlic
1/4 ts dry mustard
1 ts chili powder
4 dr tabasco sauce
1 slice egg
1/2 c sour cream

Instructions

Salt And Pepper To Taste Sort and wash beans. Soak overnight in water. Add bay leaves, celery seed and celery. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Cook onion and garlic until tender in 1 T salad oil. Add to beans with remaining ingredients except egg and sour cream. Simmer for an additional hour or until beans are very tender. Remove bay leaves. Carefully put 1/2 through a blender or rub through a seive. Repeat. Heat. Adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve hot with 2 T sour cream and egg slices.