Chickpea, tomato and carrot soup: an excellent comfort food!

Chickpea and tomato soup is a tasty, nutritious and very tasty single dish to serve for a family dinner. Here's the recipe!

A comfortable dish to say the least, very simple to make and very suitable for this season: chickpea and tomato soup. For this recipe you can use both dried and pre-cooked chickpeas, in the latter case the cooking time will be significantly reduced. Chickpeas are very healthy legumes, widespread since the time of the ancient Romans, they are rich in proteins, mineral salts such as iron, calcium, potassium and phosphorus.

These legumes, thanks to their properties, are suitable for keeping bones in good condition , and are an excellent source of fibre, beneficial for the heart and help lower cholesterol in a natural way.

Now let's see all the steps in preparing the chickpea and cherry tomato soup recipe!

Preparation of boiled chickpea soup with tomato

1. Soak the chickpeas in a bowl full of water and leave them in the water overnight .
2. The next day you can start with the actual preparation; peel the onion and chop it finely, peel the carrot and chop it finely too.
3. Pour a drizzle of olive oil onto the bottom of a pan, add the chopped carrot and onion, the bay leaf and the peeled garlic.
4. Place on the heat and brown for 5 minutes over medium-low heat, stirring regularly.
5. Add the chickpeas well drained of the soaking liquid and the tomatoes cut into wedges.
6. Cover everything with hot water, bring to the boil and cook for 30-40 minutes.
7. In the meantime , boil the egg in a saucepan for 8-9 minutes (from the water boiling) then peel it and cut it into rounds.
8. Once the soup is finished cooking, serve immediately , completing the dish with a slice of egg. Enjoy your meal!

Alternatively, if you like this legume as a basic ingredient, we recommend you try the recipe for baked chickpea meatballs .

storage

This soup can be stored in the refrigerator for a maximum of 2 days , in a container with an airtight lid. We do not recommend freezing in the freezer.