Chickpea Soup with Mediterranean Spices
From c2max 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Exotic, chunky, hearty and heart-healthy. Warming, filling and not-your-momma's-chicken soup!
Ingredients
- 2 TB extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for garnish shopping list
- 1 large onion, medium diced shopping list
- 6 to 8 cloves garlic, pressed shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper shopping list
- 1 heaping teaspoon sweet paprika shopping list
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can chopped tomatoes shopping list
- 3 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed well shopping list
- 1 quart (32 oz.) vegetable broth or chicken broth shopping list
- kosher salt shopping list
- Freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1 bag (5 oz.) pre-washed baby spinach shopping list
- **You can add a few other vegetables like carrots, squash, etc... if you wish shopping list
How to make it
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until the onions begin to turn translucent. Add spices and sauté a minute or so. Add tomatoes, chickpeas, broth, and sugar. Season with salt and grinds fresh pepper to taste. Stir well.
- Note: Chickpeas should be just covered with liquid. If level is shy, add some water so the chickpeas are just covered.
- Bring to a simmer, then lower heat to low and gently simmer for 45 minutes.
- Remove soup from heat. If you wish, use a potato masher to mash up some of the chickpeas in the pot.
- Stir in the spinach and let heat through until wilted, just a couple minutes.
- Taste to adjust salt/pepper seasoning if necessary.
- Serve soup, drizzled lightly with extra-virgin olive oil and with warmed flat bread or toasted pita triangles.
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
This soup looks terrific, C2max! It's definitely on my healthy soup/stew list now. Thanks for posting it.
misslizzi
in Philadelphia loved it
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Great recipe Colleen and thank you for sharing it with all of us. My family and I love beans, peas and lentils and this recipe is most definitely a keeper!
Cheers!!!
lor
in Toronto loved it
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Another great recipe that I must try. Thanks so much for offering us such good eats!
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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