Easy Chourico Soup
Description
Dried Portuguese chourico (or "Soyrizo™", for vegetarians) gives a spicy and rich flavor to this exciting and colorful soup made with garbanzo beans, sweet potato, and fresh spinach.
Ingredients
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5 ounces Portuguese chourico, diced
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1 red onion, diced
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1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, with liquid
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1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
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1 sweet potato, peeled and diced
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4 cups vegetable broth
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1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
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5 ounces baby spinach
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salt and ground black pepper
Directions
1
Cook the chourico in a soup pot over medium-high heat until it releases some oil. Add the chopped onion; stir and cook until the onions are soft, about 5 minutes. Mix in the garbanzo beans, diced tomatoes, sweet potatoes, vegetable broth, and thyme. Bring the soup to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the sweet potatoes are soft, about 10 minutes.
2
Stir the baby spinach into the soup and continue cooking for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.