Spanish chick pea soup

 
                           Spanish Chick Pea Soup
 
 Recipe By     : Marjorie Reed's Party Book
 Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Main Dishes                      Soups & Stews
                 *Tried & True                    Beans
                 Pork & Ham
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2      tablespoons   olive oil
    1                    clove garlic -- minced
    1      cup           onions -- coarsely chopped
    1                    ham hock -- cooked
      1/2  pound         chorizo -- OR
                         polish sausage -- diced
    2      cans          chickpeas -- rinsed and drained
   26      ounces        chicken broth -- fat removed
    1                    bay leaf
   16      ounces        tomato sauce
    4      cups          water
    1      cup           carrots -- pared and sliced
                         salt and pepper -- to taste
 
 Heat olive oil in a 6-quart pan and saute garlic and onions until tendr but not
  browned.  Add ham and chorizos or sausage and cook about 5 minutes.  Add remai
 ning ingredients and cook, covered, until carrots and chick peas are tender.  
 
 
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 Per serving: 428 Calories; 21g Fat (43% calories from fat); 24g Protein; 38g Ca
 rbohydrate; 39mg Cholesterol; 1371mg Sodium
 
 Serving Ideas : serve with tossed salad and hard rolls
 
 
 Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 3654 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0