Chickpea Soup

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chickpea soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chickpea Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chickpea Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chickpea soup using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chickpea Soup:
  1. Get 2 1⁄4 cups dried chickpeas, soaked overnight (19 oz can)
  2. Get 2 tbsp olive oil
  3. Take 1 onion finely chopped
  4. Get 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
  5. Make ready 1 lb swiss chard trimmed and finely sliced
  6. Get 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
  7. Get 14 oz can chopped tomatoes
  8. Make ready Salt and pepper
  9. Take Slices toasted bread, to serve
Instructions to make Chickpea Soup:
  2. Drain the chickpeas and put in a large saucepan. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil, using a slotted spoon to skim off any foam. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 1-1 1⁄4 hours, or until tender, adding water if necessary.
  3. Drain the chickpeas, reserving the cooking water. Season the chickpeas with salt and pepper. Put 2⁄3 in a food processor or blender with some of the cooking water and process until smooth, adding more cooking water as needed. Return to the saucepan.
  4. Heat the oil in a medium saucepan, then add the onion and garlic and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently for 3-4 minutes, or until the onion has softened. Add the chard and rosemary sprigs and cook, stirring frequently, for 3-4 minutes. Add the tomatoes and remaining chickpeas and cook for another 5 minutes, or until the tomatoes have broken down to an almost smooth sauce. Remove the rosemary sprigs.
  5. Add the chard and tomato mixture to the chickpea puree and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
  6. Serve in warmed soup bowls with warm slices of toasted bread on the side.

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