Recipe: Delicious Ham and Garbanzo Bean Soup

Ham and Garbanzo Bean Soup.

You can have Ham and Garbanzo Bean Soup using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Ham and Garbanzo Bean Soup

1. Prepare 4 leaves of bay leaf.
2. It's 1/4 cup of parsley.
3. Prepare 2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro.
4. Prepare 1/4 cup of rendered pork fat pieces caramelized.
5. You need 1-1/2 cup of diced smoked ham.
6. You need 1 of large onion diced.
7. It's 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
8. You need 6 cups of water.
9. Prepare 6 cups of water for soaking.
10. Prepare 12 ounces of dried Garbanzo beans.
11. It's 2 tablespoons of saffron flowers not the stems.
12. You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
13. You need 1 teaspoon of ground cumin.
14. It's 2 of large limes.

Ham and Garbanzo Bean Soup step by step

1. Render the fat from some pork pieces pour the drippings aside for another recipe..
2. Wash and look over the beans boil in 6 cups of water for 5-7 minutes. Turn off heat and soak for an hour. Drain..
3. Add 6 cups of water to the beans with the caramelized pork fat pieces some of this has a lot of meat on it. Bring to a boil in the same pot you rendered the pork fat it should have pork bits in bottom. Deglaze with the water..
4. Bring to a boil add the bay leaves, parsley, cilantro, onions, saffron flowers, and ham. When it boil turn on low cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
5. After 30 minutes add the salt, white pepper powder, and ground cumin. Cover and simmer longer..
6. After 1 hour add the juices of 1 lime.
7. Add soup to a bowl, slice the second lime for a good squeeze of juice. I hope you enjoy!!.