*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                  Spanish Bean Soup (Sopa De Garbanzos)

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Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Soups                            Ethnic
                Cuban

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   3      cans          Garbanzos (16 oz. each)
   3      quarts        Water
   1      small         Chicken
   1 1/2  pounds        Lean beef -- cubed
   1                    Hambone -- very meaty
     1/4  pound         Chorizos -- sliced
     1/2  pound         Bacon -- diced fine
   2      cups          Carrots -- sliced
   1      large         Onion -- chopped
   3                    Garlic cloves -- minced
   2                    Leeks -- sliced
   5      medium        Potatoes -- diced bitesize
                        Salt -- to taste
                        Cayenne pepper -- to taste

pn Saffron 
 Saute chicken and beef along with onion, garlic, and leeks. Add 3 qts.
water to the meats and vegetables and simmer for 30 mins.
 Remove chicken, discard skin and bones, cut into bite size pieces, and return to soup.
Saute the bacon until half cooked and add it to the soup along with 
the hambone and chorizos.  Simmer, with lid askew, about an hour.
 Remove the hambone, cut off meat in bite size pieces; discard bone.
Add carrots, garbanzos, and ham pieces, cook for 30 minutes longer. 
Taste for salt, stir in potatoes, cayenne pepper to taste, and crumbled
 saffron threads. Cook for about another half hour.

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