Kale Soup with Lime-Cilantro Chickpeas

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An easy recipe with just 10 ingredients is too good to be true? Not in this kale soup recipe with lime-cilantro chickpeas. You’re going to love this kale chickpea recipe!

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This soup is lean, mean, green, and loaded with flavor. A simple soup of kale, onion and diced green chili peppers becomes the perfect vessel for charred ingredients like jalapeño, tomatillo, and garlic. Chickpeas marinate in lime juice, lime zest, extra virgin olive oil, salt, and cilantro for the ultimate flavorful soup topping.

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How to Make this Kale Soup with Lime-Cilantro Chickpeas:

This recipe is a breeze, but you need an immersion blender or at the very least, a food processor.

First, roast the vegetables. You roast a head of garlic (this recipe DOES NOT PLAY), two jalapeño peppers, and a pound of tomatillos. To prep the garlic, cut the top off cross-wise (about half an inch from the top of the garlic), exposing the cloves. Discard the top and keep the cloves in the skin. To prepare the tomatillos, remove the husks first and then rinse under warm water to remove the sticky residue.

Roast everything until they begin to char and brown, about 15-20 minutes.

Next, start the soup. Sauté an onion until it begins to brown slightly, about 8-10 minutes. Add a can of diced green chili peppers and then vegetable stock. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes.

While those two things are going, throw together your chickpeas, lime juice and zest, cilantro, and salt and let them mingle for about 15 minutes.

To finish the soup, throw the kale, roasted garlic cloves, roasted jalapeño, and roasted tomatillos into the soup pot and simmer for 15 minutes. Use an immersion blender to blend until smooth.

Want a thicker soup? Add a few tablespoons of tahini to thicken it up! You can also boil a peeled potato or two during the soup’s first simmer for a thicker soup as well!

Serve it up by spooning the chickpeas on top of the soup. If your soup is on the thinner side, the chickpeas will sink to the bottom, but that’s okay. It’ll still be delicious!


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Kale Soup with Lime-Cilantro Chickpeas

An easy recipe with just 10 ingredients is too good to be true? Not in this kale soup recipe with lime-cilantro chickpeas. You're going to love this kale chickpea recipe!
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Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 181kcal

Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Large pot
  • Microplane
  • Immersion blender

Ingredients

Kale Soup:

  • 1 pound tomatillos husk removed and tomatillos rinsed under warm water
  • 1 –2 jalapeño peppers
  • 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons avocado oil plus more as needed
  • 1 head of garlic top cut off
  • 1 yellow onion peeled and sliced into wedges
  • 1 7-ounce can of hot green chili peppers, optional
  • 5 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 pound curly kale chopped
  • 2 tablespoons tahini optional
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Chickpeas:

  • 2 15-ounce cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 2 limes juiced and zested
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup loosely packed cilantro leaves roughly chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400ºF.

Char the tomatillos, jalapeño, and garlic:

  • Place tomatillos and jalapeño peppers on a baking sheet and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of oil. Drizzle the garlic with 1 tablespoon of avocado oil and wrap the garlic in foil. Season the vegetables with salt. Transfer to the oven and roast for 15 to 20 minutes until they char.

Start the kale soup:

  • While the tomatillos roast, prepare the kale soup. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons of avocado oil in a large pot and add the onion. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes until it begins to brown around the edges. Add the diced green chili peppers and cook for 4 minutes. Season lightly with salt.
  • Pour in the vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Prepare the chickpeas:

  • In a bowl, combine the chickpeas, lime juice and zest, extra virgin olive oil, and cilantro. Season lightly with salt. Set aside at room temperature until needed.

Prepare the charred vegetables:

  • Carefully pop the garlic cloves from the skin. Trim the stems off the jalapeño peppers and remove any woody parts from the tops of the tomatillo peppers.

Finish cooking the soup:

  • Add the garlic cloves, jalapeño, and tomatillos to the soup. Add the kale and cook for an additional 15 minutes until the kale is bright green and tender. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
  • Blend the soup: Use an immersion blender to blend the soup until smooth. If the soup seems a bit thin, add the tahini.

To serve:

  • Ladle the blended soup into bowls and pile the marinated chickpeas on top. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 11g | Sodium: 94mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin C: 25mg
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Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Very original recipe! I used some tomatillos I grew and froze a long time ago, so they released a lot of liquid in the oven and did not exactly char. I’m sure it would have been even better if they were fresh and charred, but we loved it! Look forward to trying more of your recipes!

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