Chicken And Chickpea Soup Food

CHICKEN AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil over medium-high. Season chicken with salt and pepper and cook, skin side down, until skin is browned and crisp, about 6 minutes. Flip chicken and cook until browned, 6 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from pot. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 4 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons garlic and spices; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in carrots and return chicken to pot. Stir in broth.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce to a medium simmer, partially cover, and cook until chicken is falling off the bone, 50 minutes.
• Remove chicken from soup. When cool enough to handle, tear chicken into large pieces, discarding skin and bones. Return meat to pot. Add chickpeas and season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. In a small bowl, stir together 1 teaspoon garlic, lemon zest, and cilantro; sprinkle over soup before serving.

CHICKPEA CHICKEN-NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the spaghetti and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Add the carrot, garlic, cumin, cinnamon and half of the cilantro; cook, stirring, until the spices are toasted, about 1 minute. Add the broth, chickpeas, tomatoes, 1 cup water, and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to medium low and cook until the spaghetti is just tender, about 8 more minutes.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper and add it to the soup. Simmer until cooked through, about 2 minutes. Add the remaining cilantro and season with salt and pepper.
• Photograph by Antonis Achilleos

CHICKEN AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Place chickpeas in large saucepan with enough water to cover by several inches. Add onion cut in half (with cloves) and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, lower heat to a simmer and cook 1 hour, until about halfway cooked. In the meantime, heat oil in large Dutch oven over medium high heat. Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper and place chicken pieces, skin side down, in hot pot. Cook until evenly golden brown, about 5 minutes, then flip over and cook other side 5 minutes. Remove chicken from pan and set aside. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from the pan and add diced mountain ham or bacon. Cook 5 minutes until crisp. If using bacon, drain excess fat. Add chopped onion, garlic, and saffron and stir. Cook until onions start to soften, then add white wine and scrape bottom of the pot to loosen any browned bits. Add carrots, celery, cabbage, salt and pepper. Remove onion halves from chickpeas and add half cooked chickpeas and their cooking liquid to pot along with the 6 cups of stock or water. Bring pot to a boil, lower heat and simmer 45 minutes to an hour or until chicken and chickpeas are completely cooked. Stir in parsley and serve.

CHICKEN AND CHICKPEA TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in medium sized sauce pan. Add chicken, black pepper, salt, cumin, and paprika. Cook about 5 minutes until chicken gets a little brown.
• Add onion and garlic and cook another 2-3 minutes until onions are translucent.
• Add tomatoes and thyme. Cover and cook about 5 minutes until sauce from tomatoes is bubbling.
• Add chickpeas and vegetable stock. Return to a boil, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• ENJOY!

CHICKEN AND CHICK PEA SOUP

Steps:

• First, remove the leftover chicken from the carcass, discard the skin, and shred into small pieces. Set aside. Heat oil in a large stockpot or dutch oven. Then, remove the sausage from their casing and brown in the oil in large pot, crumbling it into small pieces. While that is browning, chop the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic and add to the sausage to sweat. Add the crushed red pepper, basil, marjoram, and oregano and cook until sausage is done and vegetables are softened. Add the chicken pieces and saute. Deglaze the pan with the wine, scraping any browned bit off the bottom of the pot. Add all of the chicken stock, reserving 1/2 cup, and the bay leaf, and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Take 1 can of the chick peas (garbanzo beans) and puree in the blender with the reserved chicken stock. Add that mixture into the soup, along with the remaining 2 cans of drained and rinsed chick peas. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add chopped spinach, chopped parsley,
• lemon juice, and zest and season to taste with salt and pepper, and other fresh herbs on hand as desired. Remove the bay leaf and serve hot, garnished with a bit of fresh grated parmesan cheese if you wish.

CHICKPEA SOUP I

Steps:

• In a saucepan, warm oil over moderate heat. Add onion, garlic, and sweet potatoes; saute 5 minutes.
• Stir in broth, bay leaf, basil, thyme, and paprika. Salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to medium low. Cover. Simmer until vegetables are tender but not mushy, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in tomato, green beans, and chickpeas. Simmer uncovered until tender, about 10 minutes more. Serve hot.

ITALIAN CHICKEN AND CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season the chicken with the rosemary on both sides; cook the chicken in the hot oil until browned evenly, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
• Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil into the skillet. Cook and stir the garlic in the hot oil until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, cayenne pepper, sugar, bay leaf, and red pepper flakes to the skillet; stir. Return the chicken to the skillet; cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until the chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Stir the garbanzo beans into the skillet; continue cooking until the beans are heated, 2 to 3 minutes more.