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Leek and Chickpea Soup

Sage and garlic sweated in butter and olive oil, then carrot, then leek with lemon zest; chicken broth and chickpeas are added and it simmers for about 45 minutes over low heat. Lemon juice and parsley at the end.

⏱ 1 hr 7 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Put the butter, olive oil, sage and garlic in a pot and cook gently.
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  2. 2
    Add the carrot and cook gently for five minutes.
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  3. 3
    Add the leek, lemon zest and salt and cook gently for another about three minutes.
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  4. 4
    Add the broth and hummus and bring to a boil.
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  5. 5
    Turn down the heat and simmer about 45 minutes.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  6. 6
    Add the lemon juice, stir and turn off the heat.
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  7. 7
    Stir in the parsley and serve.
740calories
31 gprotein
73 gcarbs
26 gfat
● protein 19%● carbs 45%● fat 36%

Per serving (410 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)

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⚙️ What you can change

  • Sweating the carrot: five minutes
  • Sweating the leek: about three minutes
  • Cooking time: about 45 minutes

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