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elaine's creamy fast chickpea soup

Recipe by
Elaine Douglas
Vancouver, BC

Cooking for one or two hungry people? This is a delicious, very fast creamy soup. Vegetable amounts and selection are a bit flexible. My favourite instant stock source is Better Than Bouillon. Boiling the water before adding to the pot makes cooking faster.

yield 1 - 2
prep time 5 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For elaine's creamy fast chickpea soup

  • 1 c
    cooked chickpeas
  • 1/3 c
    diced onion
  • 1/3 c
    diced celery
  • 1 sm
    carrot, diced
  • 1/4
    red pepper, chopped
  • 1 pinch
    dry herbs of your choice, optional
  • 2 tsp
    vegetable stock paste or chicken stock powder
  • 2 c
    boiling water

How To Make elaine's creamy fast chickpea soup

  • 1
    Sweat onion, celery, carrot and red pepper in a soup pot with a teaspoon of oil for about 5 minutes.
  • 2
    Add chickpeas and remaining ingredients into soup pot. Blend all together with a hand blender until it is as smooth as you want it.
  • Chickpea or Garbanzo Soup
    3
    Stir and simmer 5-10 minutes until heated through. Don't walk away from stove - you don't want this to boil over. Taste for seasoning. Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.
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