Chickpea Soup With Chorizo and Garlic

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"In '300 Sensational Soups' by Carla Snyder and Meredith Deeds"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 21mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 1 lb fresh chorizo sausage, casings removed
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 6 cups chicken stock or 6 cups vegetable stock
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 (15 ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh flat leaf parsley

directions

1. In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat.
2. Add onion, carrot, celery, and zucchini; saute until softened, about 6 minutes.
3. Add chorizo, garlic, and thyme; saute, breaking up chorizo with the back of a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
4. Add stock, tomato paste, and paprika; bring to a simmer.
5. Add chickpeas and simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Ladle into heated bowls and garnish with parsley.

Reviews

[duonyte]

My local Mexican market makes an excellent chorizo sausage, much better than the packaged kinds. The recipe has a lot of salt, and you will want to use no-sodium broth if you can and I also cook my own chickpeas (a breeze in the crockpot, recipe posted), which also gives you chickpeas with much better texture. I used just a little oil, added the veggies, let them saute briefly and then added some water to soften the veggies. I added the chickpeas with the broth - I think this permitted them to absorb more of the wonderful spicy flavor. My homecooked ones are firm enough to withstand the extra cooking time. I did not add any additional salt or pepper, did not feel the recipe needed it. This is a spicy soup, so do be prepared for that, but I just loved it. Update: I made this again but used black beans instead of chickpeas - this also worked out very well. I cooked my own beans from dried.