Herbed Tomato and Chickpea Soup
"A flavourful vegetarian soup. Filling and nourishing and very tasty."
photo by evelynathens
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup dried garbanzo beans, soaked overnight,cooked until tender (or use 1 can, drained and rinsed)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted or 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup finely chopped onion (about 2 medium)
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped carrot (about 1 medium)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 3⁄4 - 1 teaspoon crumbled dried basil
- 1 small whole bay leaf
- 1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes
- 3 cups chicken broth or 3 cups water
- crumbled dried basil
directions
- Heat butter or olive oil over medium heat and saute garlic, onions and carrot until translucent; add pepper, herbs and tomatoes and bring to boil (note: I puree my tomatoes in the blender, but you can use them whole and break them up as they cook for more texture); reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, breaking up tomatoes as they cook; mix in chickpeas and broth; taste and adjust seasoning; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes to blend flavours; add more broth or water to thin, if necessary; serve with a sprinkle of dried, crumbled basil.
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Reviews
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This was such yummy soup, and so easy. I love chickpeas and I love tomatoes, and the herbs just add that extra bit. I also gave it an extra bit-some Tabasco. -
Lovely and easy soup! I only used 2 ts of butter to cut down calories (and Points!) and while I do realize it will also affect the taste, I think it worked fine. I also added a bit of chili sauce for a bit of heat! This will definitely become a lunch staple for me. Thanks for sharing Evelyn! :-) -
Thanks for a fast, easy, delicious soup w/ two of my favorite things-tomatoes & garbanzos! Used fresh Lemon Boy yellow tomatoes from my garden, which I had already grilled whole on the barbeque along with peppers for another recipe. Lovely to eat and to present at table. Thanks, I'll be making this often! -
Very good and fast, and only 3 weight watchers points. I used canned garbanzos and fresh rosemary.
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Absolutely delicious! Garbanzos and tomato go so well together. I used canned beans. I used oregano instead of rosemary because I didn't have any. Perfect amount of herbs-not overpowering. Will definitely make this again!
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This soup is easy and tasty and too! I substituted fresh basil for the dried one. A keeper for sure.
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
