Chickpea Soup

Chickpea Soup
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 5
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 194.9
  • Total Fat: 6.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,031.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 29.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 6.4 g
  • Protein: 5.3 g

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Introduction

Chickpea soup is another good store cupboard recipe. Chickpeas are a good source of protein, zinc and folate. They are also rich in both soluble and insoluble fibre. Chickpea soup is another good store cupboard recipe. Chickpeas are a good source of protein, zinc and folate. They are also rich in both soluble and insoluble fibre.
Number of Servings: 5

Ingredients

    • 1 can chickpeas
    • 1 medium onion – chopped
    • 2 carrots- chopped
    • 2 sticks celery -chopped
    • 1 can reduced salt chopped tomatoes
    1/2 medium green bell pepper, chopped
    • 2 Cloves of garlic crushed
    • 1 or 2 red chillies – deseeded and chopped (optional)
    • olive oil – 1 to 2 tbsp
    • 4 cups of vegetable stock
    • 1.5 teaspoon ground coriander
    • 1.5 teaspoon cumin

Directions

Fry the onion, carrot, celery, bell pepper, and garlic in oil until just starting to softened. Next add the coriander, cumin and chillies (if using) cook for a further 2 minutes.
Add the tomatoes and stock and bring to a boil. Simmer gently for about 30min until the vegetables are cooked through.
Next add the chickpeas and stir well. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.

The soup is good with rustic wholemeal bread.

Makes about 5 servings, appx 1.5 cups each.

Number of Servings: 5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PESCETARIAN.