Morrocan chicken and chickpea soup

Mumpsie
Mumpsie @cook_2920909

A warm, tangy, flavoursome soup for a cold winters evening. Nice with a dollop of greek yoghurt

Morrocan chicken and chickpea soup

A warm, tangy, flavoursome soup for a cold winters evening. Nice with a dollop of greek yoghurt

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Ingredients

  1. 2 tbspolive oil
  2. 1 largechicken breast
  3. 1 largebrown onion, finely diced
  4. 2 clovegarlic, crushed
  5. 1 tspginger, grated
  6. 1 1/2 tspeach ground cumin and ground coriander
  7. 1 tspground turmeric
  8. 1/2 tspsweet paprika
  9. 1cinnamon stick
  10. 1/4 cupplain flour
  11. 1litre chicken stock
  12. 1litre water
  13. 1tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  14. 800 gramscanned crushed tomatoes
  15. 2 tbsppreserved lemon rind, finely chopped
  16. 1/4 cuploosely packed coriander leaves

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat half the oil in large frying pan over medium heat and cook chicken until browned. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes and shred with two forks

  2. 2

    Heat remaining oil in large pot over medium heat; cook onion, garlic and ginger, stirring until onion softens. Add spices and stir until fragrant

  3. 3

    Add flour; cook gently, stirring until mixture thickens and bubbles. Gradually stir in stock and water; cook stirring until mixture boils and thickens slightly. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered, 20 minutes

  4. 4

    Add chickpeas and tomatoes, bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer for a further 10 minutes.

  5. 5

    Add chicken and preserved lemon; stirring until soup is hot. Season to taste. Add coriander just before serving

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