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- Using prepared ingredients--frozen spinach, prepared stock and canned garbanzo beans-- makes this soup easy to prepare, but any quick-cooking greens (Swiss chard, beet greens, sorrel) and meaty beans (limas, cannnellini, butter beans) will work as well.
- In a large pot, heat oil and cook onion and garlic (and jalapeno, if using) over low heat until soft and aromatic (about 10 minutes).
- Meanwhile, rinse and chop the spinach. When onion is soft, add spinach, stock, pepper, soy sauce, lemon zest and all but 1/2 cup of the beans, raise the heat to medium-high and cook until the spinach has completely wilted (about 5 minutes).
- Puree, preferably with a hand-held blender right in the cooking pot. If using a conventional blender or food processer, work in batches to prevent splattering the hot liquid.
- Taste for seasoning. Serve hot, garnished with reserved garbanzo beans.
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Servings: 4
Serving Size: cup
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| - | | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| - | | 6 cloves garlic, chopped (use more or fewer, as preferred) |
| - | | 1 onion, chopped |
| - | | 1 tablespoon jalapeno pepper, chopped (optional) |
| - | | 10 ounces spinach, fresh or frozen |
| - | | 1 quart chicken stock, vegetable stock or water |
| - | | 1 15 ounce can garbanzo beans, or 2/3 cup dried beans, cooked |
| - | | 2 teaspoons soy sauce |
| - | | 1 teaspoon cracked or coarsely ground peppercorns, or to taste |
| - | | 1 teaspoon lemon zest |
| - | | salt, if needed |
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