Creamy Chickpea Soup Recipes

CRAZY CREAMY CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• Melt coconut oil in a heavy 4-quart pot over medium heat. Saute onion until lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add curry powder, pepper flakes, broth, soy sauce, maple syrup, and tomato paste and stir.
• Add potatoes and carrot, cover pot, and bring to a boil. Immediately reduce heat to a simmer and leave lid ajar. Cook just until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Add cauliflower, chickpeas, coconut milk, and cilantro. Stir gently to incorporate. Return to simmer with lid ajar and simmer just until cauliflower is tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Fold in peas and cook until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and season with salt, if needed. Serve with steamed basmati rice and, for those who'd like more heat, sriracha sauce. Garnish with cilantro.

CHICKPEA SOUP I

Steps:

• In a saucepan, warm oil over moderate heat. Add onion, garlic, and sweet potatoes; saute 5 minutes.
• Stir in broth, bay leaf, basil, thyme, and paprika. Salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to medium low. Cover. Simmer until vegetables are tender but not mushy, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in tomato, green beans, and chickpeas. Simmer uncovered until tender, about 10 minutes more. Serve hot.

CREAMY TOMATO AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add carrots, celery and onions; cook 5 min., stirring frequently.
• Add water and bouillon cubes; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min. or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add tomatoes and chickpeas; stir. Return to boil. Simmer 5 min., stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Use immersion blender to blend soup until smooth. Return to heat.
• Stir in cream cheese; cook 10 to 15 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and soup is heated through, stirring frequently.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan.

CREAMY CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat in large saucepan and garlic and cook until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. (Do not let the garlic brown.).
• Add chickpeas and their liquid and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.
• Add lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper. Simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.
• Transfer to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
• Return puree to saucepan and add 1 cup or more water to thin to desired consistency.
• Ledle soup into bowls and stir a little chutney into each. I like it best if the chutney is not stirred in uniformly, but just swirled in, so different spoonfuls have a different taste.

CREAMY CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the sesame seeds, coriander seeds and cumin seeds in a nonstick skillet and cook over low heat until fragrant; grind to a powder in a spice grinder and add a pinch of salt; set aside.
• If necessary, make the chickpea flour by grinding dried chickpeas in a blender; combine the flour with the broth and beat smooth with an electric mixer.
• Transfer the soup to a saucepan and add 1 T olive oil, salt, white pepper and black pepper; bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, 10 minutes; add water to thin as needed.
• Ladle the soup into shallow soup plates, drizzle with remaining 1 T olive oil and sprinkle with reserved spice mix, to taste.