Chorizo & chickpea soup

Chorizo & chickpea soup

Sizzling Chorizo & chickpea soup

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Ready in 15 minutes
Freezable

Method

  1. Put a medium pan on the heat and tip in the tomatoes, followed by a can of water. While the tomatoes are heating, quickly chop the chorizo into chunky pieces (removing any skin) and shred the cabbage.
  2. Pile the chorizo and cabbage into the pan with the chilli flakes and chickpeas, then crumble in the stock cube. Stir well, cover and leave to bubble over a high heat for 6 mins or until the cabbage is just tender. Ladle into bowls and eat with crusty or garlic bread.
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Making it Indian

For an Indian version of this spicy soup, use some cooked chicken and 1 tsp of curry paste instead of the chorizo.

Per serving

366 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 9g, salt 4.26 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2006.

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  • 12 January 2009

    Sally rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    lovely - hearty and warming, and very easy. I prefer it with spinach and also fry the chorizo first.

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  • 24 January 2009

    Manda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this yesterday and it was absolutely gorgeous! I added spinach, red onion and grated potato to the recipe and it worked really nicely. I'll definitely be making this again.

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  • 07 February 2009

    Lorraine commented on this recipe

    This is an excellent soup, tastes great, takes only 10 mins to do and is made with store cupboard ingredients. Bland it is not!

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  • 18 February 2009

    Deelight commented on this recipe

    I've made this soup twice. Once as is, which was good, but as I love spicy food I made it the secont time, adding onion, garlic and 2 green chillies, I also added chopped coriander at the end, delicious!!

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  • 18 February 2009

    Deelight rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Ooops forgot to rate it before!

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  • 22 February 2009

    Alex commented on this recipe

    Great recipe! Tasty, easy and quick. I also added one chopped red pepper, smoked paprika and I fried the chorizo to get rid of the fat before adding it to the soup.

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  • 27 February 2009

    Elerella rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 29 March 2009

    Tim Child rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really nice. I didn't use cabbage as I didn't have any and don't really like it, but I used a whole bell pepper instead.

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  • 06 April 2009

    EmmaP rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My favorite so far - I didn't add water, just more tomatoes, so stew like and served with rice

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  • 20 May 2009

    Kelvin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Tried this soup last night. As per several suggestions above, i replaced the cabbage with spinach, added cumin + smoked paprika, and fried off the chorizo with diced red peppers. The result was outstanding! Make sure you grab a nice loaf of crusty bread. The bread, soup flavour combination seem to work incredibly well.

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  • 04 June 2009

    Jessie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a fav in our house. I dont us savoy cabbage instead I use kurly kale, works just as well.

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  • 17 September 2009

    Nessa64 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So good that I am writing this review whilst eating it!!!! Sat at home with a cold and wanting something comforting with a little spice, and this is perfect. I fried the chorizo off first with a red onion. And used cannellini beans as had no chickpea's. A couple of minutes before the end I mashed up some of the beans in the soup to help to thicken it slightly. Is a very simple and tasty soup, and is helping to make me feel better - only wish I had some crusty bread to mop up the bottom of the bowl!

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  • 19 September 2009

    Helen LJ rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A really delicious, warming soup - it would be ideal on a cold winter's night!

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  • 05 October 2009

    hazysummer rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made the "straight" recipe, per instructions as I had printed it out without comments, and would have to say that this is really tasty and somehow more than the sum of its parts... depending on the strength / quality of the chorizo I'd say its worth adding smoked paprika to taste.

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  • 09 October 2009

    dizzymisslizzy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious! Doubled the quantities and used half a mug of water, was absolutely perfect! Quick and easy to prepare and cook and the other half loved it!

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  • 19 October 2009

    Mary Poppins commented on this recipe

    I cooked this when my Husband and I were both off work with a stinking cold. It was quick and easy, the chilli cleared our noses, and it really perked us up! Dont know if it makes any difference, but I dry-fried the chorizo for a few minutes first, and drained off the fat.... Will definately be having this again - yum!

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  • 27 October 2009

    Lauren Ricci rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Oh My God!! YUMMY! Just made this for lunch. Took 5 mins to do and looked and tasted fantastic. I added some cubed red pepper and a little garlic too. Fab lunch.

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  • 27 October 2009

    Lauren Ricci commented on this recipe

    Forgot to mention I cooked the garlic, chorizo cubes, red pepper and cabbage in a tiny bit of olive oil for a few minutes to release all flavours and oils before adding tomato, water, chick peas and chilli.

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  • 06 November 2009

    Jessie commented on this recipe

    Love this soup, it is often made and loved by all.

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  • 15 November 2009

    Shivy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely! Needs a bit more liquid though I think as it was more of a broth than a soup once everything was put in. Very tastey and relatively healthy.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Ready in 15 minutes
Freezable

Ingredients

  • 400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 110g pack of chorizo sausage (unsliced)
  • 140g wedge Savoy cabbages
  • sprinkling dried chilli flakes
  • 410g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
  • 1 chicken or vegetable stock cube
  • crusty bread or garlic bread, to serve
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Per serving

366 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 9g, salt 4.26 g

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