Chicken And Chickpea Soup

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	237ml	Dried chickpeas - soaked overnight in cold water
1		Peeled onion - halved, stuck with (large)
2		Whole cloves
1		Onion - peeled, chopped (large)
1		Bay leaf
2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
3		Boneless chicken thighs with skin - each cut in half
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2 oz	56g	Spanish mountain cured ham - diced
		(or use Prosciutto, or slab bacon)
3		Garlic cloves - minced or pureed
1		Saffron threads - (generous pinch)
1/2 cup	118ml	Dry white wine
2		Carrots - peeled, and sliced 1/2" thick
2		Celery ribs - sliced 1/2" thick
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Chopped cabbage
2 teaspoons	10ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
6 cups	1422ml	Stock or water
1/2		Fresh parsley - washed and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Place chickpeas in large saucepan with enough water to cover by several inches. Add onion cut in half (with cloves) and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, lower heat to a simmer and cook 1 hour, until about halfway cooked.

In the meantime, heat oil in large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper and place chicken pieces, skin side down, in hot pot. Cook until evenly golden brown, about 5 minutes, then flip over and cook other side 5 minutes. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.

Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from the pan and add diced mountain ham or bacon. Cook 5 minutes until crisp. If using bacon, drain excess fat. Add chopped onion, garlic, and saffron and stir. Cook until onions start to soften, then add white wine and scrape bottom of the pot to loosen any browned bits. Add carrots, celery, cabbage, salt and pepper. Remove onion halves from chickpeas and add half-cooked chickpeas and their cooking liquid to pot along with the 6 cups of stock or water. Bring pot to a boil, lower heat and simmer 45 minutes to an hour or until chicken and chickpeas are completely cooked. Stir in parsley and serve.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
TOO HOT TAMALES with Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # TH-6320 broadcast 11-15 1996) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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