Sopa De Garbanzos Chickpea Soup Food

SOPA DE GARBANZOS (CHICK PEA SOUP)

Steps:

• 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.

SOPA DE GARBANZOS - CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse and drain the chickpeas. Chop the onions, garlic, and tomatoes.
• Put the chickpeas and 1/4 cup broth into a blender and puree until smooth. Add the puree to the remaining broth in a large soup pot and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.
• Fry the bacon in a large skillet; remove and set aside. Saute the garlic and onions in the same pan until soft. Add tomatoes and cook 3 more minutes. Drain off as much fat as possible.
• Add vegetables and bacon to the simmering soup and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer until heated through. Serve very hot.

PORTUGUESE SPINACH & CHICKPEA SOUP (SOPA DE GRAO)

Steps:

• Stir fry the garlic and onions in 3 tablespoons of oil in a large, heavy saucepan until translucent.
• Add the potatoes and stir fry another 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the herbs and allow them to meloow over low heat for about 12 minutes.
• Add the broth, raise the heat and bring the soup to a gentle simmer, add the chickpeas, cover and cook slowly for about one hour or until everything is soft.
• If you like your soup to have texture, ladle out a cup or so of chick peas; if you prefer it mostly smooth, don't.
• Using an immersion blender, puree the soup until it is as smooth as you like.
• Add in the spinach, the reserved chickpeas(if you reserved them) and simmer twenty to thirty minutes--until the flavors are blended.
• Now stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste and serve, hot, with crusty bread.