Name: Hearty Chickpea Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1/2 onion ((minced)); 1 clove garlic ((minced)); 1 stalk celery ((chopped)); 1 potato ((chopped small)); 2 1/4 cups chickpeas**; 1 can tomatoes pelati (nothing added) ((14.4 oz or 356 grams)); 3 cups water; 1-2 tablespoons fresh parsley; 1/2 teaspoon basil; 1/2 teaspoon oregano; 1/2 teaspoon salt; hot pepper flakes to taste; 1 1/2 cups cooked pasta ((more or less))

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The perfect Fall and Winter Comfort food. This Hearty Chickpea Soup, made with loads of chickpeas, potato, tomatoes and spices is made creamy by blending half the ingredients, adding a little pasta makes it perfect. A meal all in itself!

If you are a chickpea lover than you should give this other Chickpea Soup a try.

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Hearty Chickpea Soup

When it comes to Fall and Winter, A delicious Creamy Soup , Potato Soup or an Italian Beef Stew are always my favourite meals to make.

Nothing like a big bowl of soup to warm you up!

I also love to make beans and I prefer dried beans from Chickpeas, black beans, borlotti beans, cannellini beans to navy beans, they are so much better than canned beans.

Cooking Dried Beans

There are three different methods for cooking dried beans, the first which is the Traditional Method, is what I usually do and that is to soak the beans for 8 hours.

I place the dried beans (I rinse them in cold water first) in a bowl of cold water before I go to bed and in the morning they are ready for cooking, just drain, rinse and cook.

The second method is the Hot Soak method, place beans in a large pot and cover with 10 cups of water for every 2 cups of beans.

Then heat to boiling and continue to boil for 2-3 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and let stand for 4-24 hours, then drain the beans and cook.

The third method is the Fastest method which I have yet to try. Place the beans in a large pot and add 6 cups of water for every 2 cups of beans.

Then heat to boiling and continue to boil for 2-3 minutes. Remove the beans from the heat and let stand one hour. Drain the beans and rinse with cold water. Then cook until tender.

This Creamy Chickpea Soup was made creamy not by the addition of cream, but by blending half the ingredients and then adding it to the pot with the remaining mixture.

I also found that adding Orecchietti pasta was the perfect choice in this soup. I also cooked the pasta before adding it to the soup.

What to serve with this Hearty Chickpea Soup

Since this is such a filling Comfort food, I always find that one of the perfect side dishes is a Simple Tossed Salad but here are a few more to choose from …
Shredded Brussel Sprouts Salad
Roasted Vegetables, Italian style
Homemade Focaccia or Bread
A Roasted Parsnip Salad

If you are looking for a Comforting Meal this Fall or Winter I hope you give this Chickpea Soup a try and let me know what you think. Buon Appetito!