Chorizo White Bean Soup

🥘 Ingredients

  • bacon
    250 g
  • carrot (sliced)
    2
  • chicken stock
    4 c
  • chorizo
    100 g
  • garlic (minced)
    4 cloves
  • hard cheese (grated)
    60 g
  • kale (stemmed and chopped)
    1 bunch
  • olive oil
  • onion (chopped)
    1
  • pepper
  • red wine vinegar
    1/2 tbsp
  • rosemary (finely chopped)
    1 sprig
  • salt
  • tomato paste
    35 g
  • white beans
    2 can

🍳 Cookware

  • large pot
  1. 1
    Add thinly sliced chorizo to a pot and cook until slightly crispy and oils released into pan. Remove. Add thinly sliced bacon to a pot and cook until slightly crispy and oils released into pan. Remove.
    chorizo: 100 g, bacon: 250 g
  2. 2
    Heat olive oil in a large pot . Once hot, add onion and carrot and cook for ⏱️ 8 minutes , until soft. Season with salt . Reduce heat to medium, stir in tomato paste , garlic , and rosemary and cook ⏱️ 2 minutes , until the tomato paste turns brick red and garlic is aromatic.
    olive oil, onion: 1 (chopped), carrot: 2 (sliced), salt, tomato paste: 35 g, garlic: 4 cloves (minced), rosemary: 1 sprig (finely chopped)
  3. 3
    Add chorizo and bacon back into pot. Add white beans . Use a potato masher or fork to roughly mash beans. This helps them release starch, which will thicken the broth.
    chorizo, bacon, white beans: 1 can
  4. 4
    Add chicken stock , kale , white beans , salt and pepper . Gently simmer soup with the lid slightly ajar for ⏱️ 20 minutes . If you prefer a brothier soup, add 1 cup of water or stock. Remove lid and stir in hard cheese and red wine vinegar . Serve with extra grated hard cheese .
    chicken stock: 4 c, kale: 1 bunch (stemmed and chopped), white beans: 1 can, salt, pepper, hard cheese: 60 g (grated), red wine vinegar: 1/2 tbsp, hard cheese