
About this Mexican garbanzo soup
This Mexican chickpea soup (garbanzo soup) makes you feel good and will bring you back to life whenever you need a boost. This vegan garbanzo bean soup is healthy, easy to prepare, and loved by my family.
This recipe is for vegan/vegetarian chickpea soup with carrots and tomato broth. It is a simple soup that can be served in various ways. I like to place all the toppings in the center of the table and let everyone finish their own soup to their liking.
How to make Mexican chickpea soup?

Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
- Get all your ingredients together.
- Chop carrots to the desired size or use frozen for a time-saver.

Step 2: Make the broth
- The base for many Mexican soups is tomato, garlic, and onion broth.
- It is cooked in the soup pot until it changes color from deep orange to dark red.

Step 3: Finish the soup
- Then, add chickpeas and carrots. Slowly pour more water or vegetable broth, cover, and cook until carrots are tender for a delicious soup.
Mexican Chickpea Soup
This Mexican chickpea soup is the kind of soup that makes you feel good. It doesn't matter if you had a bad day, a good day a stressful day, this soup will bring you back to life. This vegan garbanzo soup is healthy, easy to prepare, and loved by my family.
Equipment
- Vitamix
- 4 qt Soup pot
Ingredients
- 4 medium / large tomatoes
- ½ onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4-6 cups of water or vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 carrots peeled and sliced
- 2 cups cooked chickpea
- pinch of salt
To serve * optional
Instructions
- Blend the tomato, onion, and garlic in a blender. Add a quarter cup water to run the blender if needed.
- Add a tablespoon of neutral-flavored oil to heat before adding the caldillo to your soup pot. Leave it over medium heat to simmer until it changes color. Season with salt.
- Add the chickpeas and carrots and the rest of the water or vegetable broth. I like to put it little by little and test it before adding more.
- Cover it and leave it for another 5-10 min.
- Serve and finish with your favorite toppings.
Notes
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- Add some cooked quinoa before serving if you want a more substantial soup.
- Add a bunch of spinach.
- Add all the vegetables that you like.
- You can even add some pasta to cook in there.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 134kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 6gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 663mgPotassium: 497mgFiber: 6gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 7825IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 2mg
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This recipe appeared first on Ale Cooks in 2013.
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