How to Make the Best Garbanzo Bean Soup: A Family Recipe from Tampa

garbanzo beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Lentils cook faster and are often less expensive than dried chickpeas.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon cubes

Homemade stock is lower in sodium and can be more flavorful.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is versatile.

spinach

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: frozen spinach

Kale is nutrient-dense and can be used interchangeably.

Put the ham bone in 3 cups of water.

Add 2 cups of cut-up ham to the pot.

Add 1 large chopped bell pepper and 1 large chopped onion.

Add 4 chopped cloves of garlic and 3 bay leaves to the pot.

Add sliced Spanish chorizo to the mixture.

Cover the ham bone with enough water and let it cook for 1 hour.

Remove the ham bone and let it cool for 10 minutes.

Take the meat off the ham bone and discard the bone.

Add 4 cans of rinsed and drained garbanzo beans to the pot and cook for about 10 minutes.

Add the cubed potatoes and cook until fork tender, about 10 minutes.

Add the ham meat back into the soup and stir.

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