Wow. (just discovered this morning).

I never realized that the broth from cooking chick peas was so
fantastic......alot like a chicken broth flavor but better.

Am I crazy or would this make a nice soup or ?

Has a beautiful color to it.

Ideas? Recipes?

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Wow. (just discovered this morning).

I never realized that the broth from cooking chick peas was so
fantastic......alot like a chicken broth flavor but better.

Am I crazy or would this make a nice soup or ?

Has a beautiful color to it.

Ideas? Recipes?


Since I don't cook dried chick peas anymore, a thought just occurred to
me -- perhaps a tablespoon or so of chickpea flour (in certain
dishes/soups/dals using a water and/or tomato liquid) might enhance the
flavor, also.
Dee Dee

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:40:22 -0500, "Michael"
wrote:

Wow. (just discovered this morning).

I never realized that the broth from cooking chick peas was so
fantastic......alot like a chicken broth flavor but better.

Am I crazy or would this make a nice soup or ?

Has a beautiful color to it.

Ideas? Recipes?

Yes, soup is good. There are many soup recipes out there. I made one
a while ago (recipe lost, sorry); essentially it involved putting the
broth and most of the chick peas, some garlic, and herbs of your
choice in a blender to make a "cream of" soup. Toss in the remaining
chick peas for garnish. Or not It was delicious.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Michael wrote:
Wow. (just discovered this morning).

I never realized that the broth from cooking chick peas was so
fantastic......alot like a chicken broth flavor but better.

Am I crazy or would this make a nice soup or ?

Has a beautiful color to it.

Ideas? Recipes?

I posted last month about a great garbanzo bean soup we had at one of
our favorite Mexican restaurants. Known ingredients according to the
waiter were chicken stock, garbanzo beans, onion, garlic, carrot, bay
leaf. The soup was pureed. I've made a couple of attempts at it but
haven't been close to the remembered flavors yet. What I have *not*
done yet is to incorporate the broth from cooking the garbanzos. So
thanks, you may have revealed one of the keys for me. We'll see.
-aem

aem wrote:

I posted last month about a great garbanzo bean soup we had at one of
our favorite Mexican restaurants. Known ingredients according to the
waiter were chicken stock, garbanzo beans, onion, garlic, carrot, bay
leaf. The soup was pureed. I've made a couple of attempts at it but
haven't been close to the remembered flavors yet.

I'd be tempted to make it with a mix of garbanzo and fava beans.

Steve

Michael wrote:
Wow. (just discovered this morning).

I never realized that the broth from cooking chick peas was so
fantastic......_alot_ like a chicken broth flavor but better.

Am I crazy or would this make a nice soup or ?

Has a beautiful color to it.

Well, the quality depends on the chickpee and your taste.

So what's an "alot", some rain forest creature... and here I thought
that wasn't going to be an issue anymore.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:

Michael wrote:
Wow. (just discovered this morning).

I never realized that the broth from cooking chick peas was so
fantastic......_alot_ like a chicken broth flavor but better.

Am I crazy or would this make a nice soup or ?

Has a beautiful color to it.

Well, the quality depends on the chickpee and your taste.

So what's an "alot", some rain forest creature... and here I thought
that wasn't going to be an issue anymore.


Lol...the use of "alot" is one of those evergreen rfc "subjects", somebody
is always bound to come up with it now and again...

--
Best
Greg

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Wow. (just discovered this morning).

I never realized that the broth from cooking chick peas was so
fantastic......alot like a chicken broth flavor but better.

Am I crazy or would this make a nice soup or ?

Has a beautiful color to it.

Ideas? Recipes?



I love chick pea soup with fennel sausage and fresh rosemary. Here's a link
to the recipe on the Splendid Table web site. (From the Mark Bittman
Minimalist Cookbook.)
http://splendidtable.publicradio.org..._chickpea.html

Pablo