Soothing Garlic Chickpea Soup
This easy, one-pot Soothing Garlic Chickpea Soup recipe is beyond delicious. Picture melt in your mouth cooked chickpeas in a garlicky tomato broth and finished off with plenty of lime juice, fresh cilantro, and some chili peppers.
Ingredients
Chickpea Soup:
- 2 cups raw chickpeas
- 1 small onion peeled and left whole
- 5 cups water more or less depending on how you’ll cook the chickpeas
- 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt more or less to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup crushed tomatoes or 1 cup of grated fresh tomatoes
Topping:
- 1 lime juiced
- Fresh chopped parsley and cilantro
- Green chili or jalapeños chopped
- chili flakes optional
Notes
- The sliced green chili and chopped cilantro on top are absolutely optional, yet I highly recommend it as it just rounds up the whole dish and adds just the right amount of heat!
- The sliced green chili and chopped cilantro on top are absolutely optional, yet I highly recommend it as it just rounds up the whole dish and adds just the right amount of heat!
- As a shortcut, you can cook the dried chickpeas in an instant pot but it also works on a traditional stovetop.
- If you didn't find any fresh limes, use lemon juice instead but don't leave this part out as it adds a wonderful freshness and pleasant acidity which is essential to this chickpea soup.
How to Make This Chickpea Soup Using Canned Chickpeas: If you don't have dried chickpeas, or if you're rushed on time. Follow these steps:
Drain two cans of chickpeas and rinse them under water in a sieve. Proceed with the recipe where you see the chickpeas removed and set aside from the pot. So you'll start by sauteing the garlic, adding tomatoes, chickpeas and instead of the chickpea water, you'll add vegetable broth. Allow the chickpea soup to boil as per the recipe and finish off with the line, cilantro, green chillies and serve!
- Drain two cans of chickpeas and rinse them under water in a sieve.
- Proceed with the recipe where you see the chickpeas removed and set aside from the pot.
- So you'll start by sauteing the garlic, adding tomatoes, chickpeas and instead of the chickpea water, you'll add vegetable broth.
- Allow the chickpea soup to boil as per the recipe and finish off with the line, cilantro, green chillies and serve!
- If you don't have dried chickpeas, or if you're rushed on time. Follow these steps: