Potajes de garbanzos

If you are looking for a different soup to cook on a chilly day than you have got to try my Spanish bean soup. Its a Colombian recipe that I found and tyred years ago. If you like garbanzo, and chickpeas, with some ham and Latin seasonings you will love this soup.

 To get started you need the following:

• 1/2 lb. of dried garbanzo beans (or chickpeas)
• 1 beef bone (for the stock)
• 1 ham bone (for the stock)
• Salted pork, thinly cut
• 2 qts. water
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 chorizo (or kielbasa or Andouille sausage)
• 2 potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 1 envelope Sazon seasoning with saffron

Lets cook. Start with a good rinse to your beans. I use bagged beans for a fresher taste. Cover your beans with water and add one tablespoon of salt. This you leave overnight to soak.

In the morning you will drain your beans. Then in a large kettle add two quarts of water along with your ham and beef bones. Slow and low cook for 45 minutes, skimming the froth from the top.

In a skillet, you will fry your salt pork on a med heat, slowly. Add your chopped onion and saute the two until your onions are translucent. When the onions and salt pork are ready add them to your beans, along with your potatoes and sazon.

When your potatoes are done, remove your kettle from the heat than add your sausage of choice. Serve with some good hot bread for a filling meal.