Leblabi ( Tunisian Chickpea Soup)

"After all the excesses of the holidays, this is such a nice, light and brothy soup to turn to. It has all of my favorites, including lemon, cilantro, garlic and chickpeas, and it has a surprise taste of caraway. Plus, it goes together in about a half-hour (unless you want to make it from scratch with dried beans). Serve with crispy croutons."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large saucepan or soup pot, saute the garlic and jalapenos in the olive oil until garlic is lightly golden.
  • Add the caraway and oregano and stir in for a couple of minutes.
  • Add the chickpeas, broth and water; simmer together over medium heat for about 20 minutes.
  • Stir in the lemon juice and cilantro, season to taste with salt and pepper (I like lots of black pepper); simmer for 5 more minutes and serve topped with croutons.

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Reviews

  1. Very good simple soup with a surprising amount of flavor to it. We had it for lunch along with salad and Challah. The caraway, herbs and lemon all compliment each other very well. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
     
  2. This is crazy good. I liked it so much that I made it for my extended family (who were not enthusiastic to try it [it sounded boring to them] and they were as surprised as I was at how good it is. Thanks EdsGirlAngie!
     
  3. This was really nice for a change. The combination of spices is wonderful - I loved the caraway, it really brings out the flavor of this soup.
     
  4. Wow! Wow wow wow wow wow! Ok, while I was making this, the entire time I kept tasting it and nibbling at it, and I thought "Hmm. This is nice." Right at the end when its been simmering for 20 minutes and you add the lemon and cilantro, the flavor and aroma go BAM!! This is yummy! I reduced the amount of lemon juice from 5 to 2 tablespoons. But WHOA! I can't believe I'm eating something this tasty while on the restrictive Phase I of this diet! Thank you! It feels like I'm not on a diet at all when I eat stuff this good!
     
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