{"id":1307,"slug":"galician-garbanzo-soup","title":"Galician Garbanzo Soup","description":"Fast and cheap, this soup will warm you on a cold day!","ingredients_raw":["3 cans (45 oz / 1.26 kg) garbanzo beans, divided","4½ cups vegetable broth or water (or a combination), divided","1 tablespoon olive oil","2 heaping cups chopped onion","1 tablespoon minced or crushed garlic","1 small waxy potato (yellow Finn or Yucon gold), diced (~1 cup)","1 medium carrot, diced","1 medium stalk celery, diced","Salt, to taste","1 bay leaf","2 teaspoons dry mustard","2 teaspoons ground cumin","1–2 threads saffron (optional)","½ cup green peas (fresh or frozen)","3 tablespoons red wine vinegar","2 medium-sized ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded or 1 cup chopped canned tomatoes","Freshly ground black pepper and cayenne pepper, to taste","Minced fresh basil, for garnish"],"ingredients_norm":["chickpea","vegetable broth or water","olive oil","onion","garlic","waxy potato","carrot","celery","salt","bay leaf","dry mustard","ground cumin","threads saffron","green pea","red wine vinegar","sized ripe tomato","ground black pepper and cayenne pepper","fresh basil"],"steps":["Rinse and thoroughly drain garbanzo beans. Place about ⅔ of them in a blender or food processor with 2 cups of broth and/or water, and purée until mostly smooth. Set aside.","Place a soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat and wait for about a minute. Add olive oil and swirl to coat the pan.","Add onion and sauté over medium heat for about 5–8 minutes, or until onion is translucent.","Add half the garlic plus the potato, carrot, and celery and about ⅛ teaspoon salt, and sauté over medium-low heat for 5 to 8 minutes.","Add garbanzo purée, plus remaining broth and/or water and garbanzo beans, and the bay leaf, mustard, cumin, and saffron.","Bring to boil, then lower the heat.","Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.","Stir in the remaining garlic, plus the peas, vinegar, and tomato.","Taste to correct salt.","Add black pepper and cayenne.","Simmer for only about 5 minutes longer."],"categories":["Soup recipes","Recipes using chickpea","Recipes for soup","Inexpensive recipes","Vegetarian recipes","Naturally gluten-free recipes","Low-GI recipes","Recipes using bay leaf","Recipes using carrot","Recipes using celery","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using garlic","Recipes using ground cumin","Recipes using vegetable broth and stock","Recipes using mustard powder"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":60,"servings":"6","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Galician_Garbanzo_Soup","source_ref":"4615180","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Galician_Garbanzo_Soup&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"95fce9d0fa606ae5df6c5133b57b4175e35e4e5903b2ab02960c876a45a59e0a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/galician-garbanzo-soup"}