Best Moroccan Spiced Chickpea Soup Recipes

MOROCCAN SPICED CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until the onions begin to turn translucent; lower heat if browning starts to occur. Add spices and saute a minute or so. Add tomatoes, chickpeas, broth, and sugar. Season with a couple pinches of salt and 10 grinds fresh pepper. Stir well. Chickpeas should be just covered with liquid. If level is shy, add some water so the chickpeas are just covered.
• Bring to a simmer, then lower heat to low and gently simmer for 45 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat. Use a potato masher to mash up some of the chickpeas right in the pot. Stir in the spinach and let heat through until wilted, just a couple minutes.
• Season again, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Serve soup, drizzled lightly with extra-virgin olive oil, if desired.

MOROCCAN SPICED CHICKPEA AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium sized pot heat the olive oil at medium heat and add fennel, gently cooking for a couple of minutes while the fennel releases its natural juices.
• Add the red and white onions, cook until soft and translucent, but without turning brown, stirring mixture from time to time, about 12 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and increase heat to high until the mixture comes to a simmer (about 5 minutes).
• Add the ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, garlic and saffron if using, letting them infuse the mixture with their flavors for a few more minutes.
• Add the lentils, vegetable stock, sprigs of cilantro and parsley and bay leaves and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer.
• Season with salt, pepper and sugar, stirring the mixture a couple of times. Cover pot and let simmer for about 25 minutes or until the lentils are tender.
• Add the cooked chickpeas and cook uncovered for another 5 to 7 minutes until heated through.
• Mix well, season again with salt, pepper and sugar to taste. Remove bay leafs and sprigs of cilantro and parsley.

MOROCCAN SPICED CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add garlic and onions and saute until onions are translucent (lower heat if browning starts to occur).
• Add spices and saute for 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes, chickpeas, broth and sugar.
• Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Stir. Make sure chickpeas are covered with liquid. If needed, add a little more broth.
• Simmer gently for 45 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat.
• Use a potato masher to mash up some of the chickpeas.
• Stir in spinach and heat through.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

MOROCCAN SPICED CHICKPEA OR GARBANZO SOUP

Steps:

• Saute onions in in oil on med heat for about 3 mins in a dutch oven.
• Add garlic, ginger and all of the spices up to the salt and saute another minute.
• Add broth and bring to a light boil making sure to scrape any bits off of the bottom of pot.
• Add potatoes, chickpeas and tomatoes then bring heat down to med-low. Cook until potatoes are fork tender about 10-15 minutes.
• Take off heat, add lemon juice and stir.
• Add yogurt a little bit at a time and stir.
• Stir in cilantro.
• Serve with naan or chapati.

MOROCCAN SPICED CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion garlic and sausage and saute until the onions begin to turn translucent; lower heat if browning starts to occur. Add spices and saute a minute or so. Add tomatoes, chickpeas, broth, and sugar. Season with a couple pinches of salt and 10 grinds fresh pepper. Stir well. Chickpeas should be just covered with liquid. If level is shy, add some water so the chickpeas are just covered. Bring to a simmer, then lower heat to low and gently simmer for 45 minutes. Remove soup from heat. Use a potato masher (or hand blender) to mash up some of the chickpeas right in the pot. Stir in the spinach and let heat through until wilted, just a couple minutes. Season again, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve soup, drizzled lightly with extra-virgin olive oil, if desired.

MOROCCAN SPICED CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat vegetable oil in a large stock-pot over medium to medium-high heat.
• 2. Add onion to the pot, and sauté the onion for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes.
• 3. Add the garlic, and sauté the garlic for 1 minute.
• 4. Add the cinnamon, cumin, cayenne pepper and paprika, and cook the spices for about 1 minute.
• 5. Now add the broth, tomatoes, and the chickpeas; stir to mix.
• 6. Bring soup to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer, cover the pot, and simmer the soup for 45 minutes.
• 7. After the 45 minutes of cooking time, remove about half of the chickpeas, and place them in a bowl.
• 8. Using a potato masher; mash the chickpeas.
• 9. Once mashed, add the chickpeas back to the pot, then add the spinach; stir the soup.
• 10. Season the soup with a bit of salt, if desired, and serve the soup immediately.

MOROCCAN SPICED CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until the onions begin to turn translucent; lower heat if browning starts to occur. Add spices and saute a minute or so. Add tomatoes, chickpeas, broth, and sugar. Season with a couple pinches of salt and 10 grinds fresh pepper. Stir well. Chickpeas should be just covered with liquid. If level is shy, add some water so the chickpeas are just covered. Bring to a simmer, then lower heat to low and gently simmer for 45 minutes. Remove soup from heat. Use a potato masher to mash up some of the chickpeas right in the pot. Stir in the spinach and let heat through until wilted, just a couple minutes. Season again, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve soup, drizzled lightly with extra-virgin olive oil, if desired.