Chickpea And Leek Miso Soup Food

CHICKPEA AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the soaked chickpeas, cover with water, and cook with the potato until tender. Remove the outer skin of the leeks, slice lengthways from the root up, wash carefully and slice finely.
• Warm a thick-bottomed pan, and add the tablespoon of oil and the knob of butter. Add the leeks and garlic to the pan, and sweat gently with a good pinch of salt until tender and sweet. Add the drained chickpeas and potato and cook for 1 minute. Add about 2/3 of the stock and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Puree half of the soup in a food processor, and leave the other half chunky. This gives a lovely smooth comforting feel but also keeps a bit of texture. Now, add enough of the remaining stock to achieve the consistency you like. Check for seasoning, and add Parmesan, to taste, to round off the flavors.
• This is classy enough for a starter, but I like it best for lunch in a big bowl with a good drizzle of my best peppery extra-virgin olive oil, a grinding of black pepper and an extra sprinkling of Parmesan.

CHICKPEA AND LEEK MISO SOUP

Steps:

• Slice leeks. Heat oil in soup pot, and saute leeks on low until soft. Add chickpeas, rice, and water, and simmer until leeks are softened, approx 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and add miso paste, stirring until well mixed. Serve warm.

FRESH PEA SOUP WITH MISO

Steps:

• Put oil in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Add leek and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add snap peas to pot and season well with salt and pepper. Add 1 cup water and simmer until peas are soft, about 3 minutes. Add broth and miso and cook 1 minute more.
• Purée mixture in a blender, then pour through a fine mesh sieve, pressing with a wooden spoon to extract all liquid. Return strained soup to pot and check seasoning. (May be made up to a day ahead and refrigerated. Reheat just before serving.)
• To serve, spoon a little tofu into each small soup bowl. Pour hot soup over. Garnish with scallions and shiso.

BREAKFAST VEGETABLE-MISO SOUP WITH CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Cook onion, garlic, celery, and carrots until tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in broccoli and chickpeas; cook about 2 minutes.
• Add 4 cups water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Dissolve miso in 2 tablespoons cool water and stir into soup. Season with salt.

LEEK AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the soaked chick peas and cover with water.
• Add chopped potato and cook until veggies are tender.
• Clean, wash, and mince the leeks.
• Heat a large soup pan, spray with Pam.
• Add the leeks and garlic, cook slowly with a good pinch of salt.
• Add the chickpeas and potato and cook for a minute.
• Add 2/3 of the bouillon and cook for 15 minutes.
• Decide if you want to purée the soup, purée part, or not purée at all.
• I like the purée part of the soup option and add back to the pot, so half is puréed and half chunky.
• The easiest way it to use an immersion mixer, and blend until you have the consistency you want.
• Add however much of the left over 1/3 bouillon to get the texture you want, salt and pepper to taste, add 1T of grated Parmesan and mix Sprinkle the rest of the Parmesan over the top to serve.

CHICKPEA AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Thinly slice leeks. Heat oil in small stockpot over low heat, and add leeks. Saute until softened. Add water/broth, cooked rice, and cooked chickpeas. Bring to simmer, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Remove from heat, and add miso paste. Split between bowls, and garnish with arugula.