Sopa De Garbanzos (Chick Pea Soup)
photo by LucyS-D
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄3 lb dried garbanzo beans, soaked overnight in 4 cups salted water
- 1 lb pig's foot
- 1 slice bacon, chopped
- 1 ounce ham, chopped
- 1 chorizo sausage or 1 sweet Italian sausage, cut into 1/2 inch rounds
- 1⁄4 cup green pepper, chopped (about 1/3 a pepper)
- 1⁄4 cup red pepper, chopped (about 1/3 a pepper)
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped (about 1/2 a medium onion)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 6 cups water
- 1⁄2 lb pumpkin or 3/4 lb butternut squash, peeled and diced
- 2 fresh cilantro stems (leaves and stems) or 2 fresh parsley sprigs, chopped (leaves and stems)
- 1⁄2 lb potato, peeled and diced
- 1 lb cabbage, chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- kosher salt, to taste
directions
- Drain beans and set aside.
- In a large Dutch oven (or pressure cooker), over medium heat, brown bacon to render some fat; add ham and sausage and brown them a little as well.
- Add peppers and onion; saute until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and saute a minute or so.
- Add water, pumpkin or squash (okay, pumpkin is squash), cilantro or parsley, potatoes, and cabbage; stir in tomato paste.
- Return pigs feet and add beans to pot; cover and cook 1 1/2 hours (if using pressure cooker - 1 hour).
- Open pot, taste for salt and add, if necessary.
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