Vermicelli Vegetable Soup
An easy vermicelli vegetable soup that will have you happily slurping away at the comforting balance of spices, vegetables, chickpeas, and slippery vermicelli noodles.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 251kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Vermicelli noodles either wheat or rice or angel hair pasta
- 1⅓ cup Carrot diced
- 1 ⅓ cup Brown onion diced
- 6 cloves Garlic crushed
- 8 cups Vegetable stock
- 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- 1½ cups Chickpeas precooked (canned)
- 2 cups Baby spinach leaves
- 4 tablespoons Lemon juice freshly squeezed
- ½ teaspoon Cracked black pepper
- 1 pinch Salt to taste
Instructions
- In a large non-stick pot over medium heat, add a tablespoon of vegetable stock (or olive oil) and the diced brown onion and carrot. Sweat until the onion is translucent and the carrots have softened, stirring continuously. If using olive oil, use it instead of the vegetable stock. Add 6 crushed garlic cloves and stir them through the onions.1 ⅓ cup Brown onion, 6 cloves Garlic, 1⅓ cup Carrot
- Add all the spices and the chickpeas to the pot. Stir to coat everything with the spices. Add 8 cups of vegetable stock and bring it to a soft boil, then reduce the heat to low-medium and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes.1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon Ground allspice, ½ teaspoon Ground nutmeg, 8 cups Vegetable stock, ½ teaspoon Cracked black pepper, 1½ cups Chickpeas
- Crush the vermicelli noodles over the pot into the soup and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Then turn off the heat and stir in the baby spinach leaves and lemon juice. Taste test to adjust salt if required. Let the soup stand for five minutes, then serve it warm with some crusty bread.1 cup Vermicelli noodles, 2 cups Baby spinach leaves, 4 tablespoons Lemon juice, 1 pinch Salt
Notes
For more warming soups, check out this gorgeous vegetable borscht, or this filling freekeh soup.
Nutrition
Calories: 251kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 1930mg | Potassium: 564mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 9560IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 3mg