Aromatic Chick Pea (Garbanzo Bean) Soup
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 pot of soup
- Serves:
- 8-12
ingredients
- 2 (15 ounce) cans chickpeas, rinsed, strained, drained, and remove the papery shells
- 2 pints stock, preferably turkey
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 3 celery ribs, diced
- 2 fresh garlic cloves, minced
- 2 large carrots, peeled & diced
- salt
- pepper
- nonstick cooking spray
- olive oil, to garnish
- rosemary, a few fresh sprigs
- sage, a few fresh sprigs
- thyme, a few fresh sprigs
directions
- Heat a soup pot over medium heat and add a generous amount of cooking spray. Add onion, celery and carrots and sweat for a few minutes until softened.
- Add garlic and herbs and stir. Add to your liking - some people like it stronger or milder than others. BTW - If you tie the herbs with a string removal later is much easier.
- Cook for a minute or two and add chick peas. Season. Cook another minute and add the stock. Season again. Bring to a boil and quickly reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for about 20 minutes.
- This soup is SO aromatic that your whole house will smell warm and cozy!
- Remove the herbs and puree soup. Normally I would use my hand held immersion blender here, but I decided to use my big regular blender because I wanted this soup to be velvety smooth. Use whatever equipment you feel works best for you.
- Pour the soup back to the pot and cook at low heat for another 15-20 minutes until it reduces further. Its important that it doesn't get too hot or simmer too long or the texture will get a bit grainy -- this goes for any blended vegetable or cream based soup.
- I served the soup with a tiny drizzle of good extra virgin olive oil (I love the flavor and would rather use it here than in the cooking process) and some homemade garlic & rosemary croutons (let me know if you want me to post how I made these - but they are a super easy and great way to get use of some stale bread).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Melanie B.
Gilbert, 41
<p>I am a pretty good home cook and a Food Network junkie. Every time I host an event or create a new dish, my confidence grows....I'm always testing new ideas and sometimes (I'm a nerd) that dreams in food.</p>
<p>I was proud to have one of my recipes chosen as RecipeZaar's Recipe of the Day on 11/27/09 with my Turkey, Cranberry, & Pesto Sandwich. I also had the opportunity to cook at the Aetna Healthy Food Fight competition in Los Angeles last summer - talk about pressure!</p>