3 Easy Garlic Soup Recipes
Garlic soup is a classic in gastronomy. If you’ve never tried it, what are you waiting for? Below we will present different easy garlic soup recipes so you can choose the one that best suits your tastes.
Garlic is native to Central Asia and, thanks to its flavor and aroma, its use has spread throughout the world. Its contribution of minerals such as phosphorus, potassium and iodine, together with vitamin B6, make it a food whose incorporation into the usual diet is highly recommended.
Easy garlic soup recipes
We have selected for you several easy garlic soup recipes, also known as Castilian soup, so you can choose the one that suits your palate. Like all soup, it is possible to make a large number of variations including more or less ingredients according to your taste and budget.
1. Vegan soup
This garlic soup recipe requires very few ingredients and is intended for vegetarians and vegans. So, you know, if you have vegan guests, this may be the perfect dish! Easy to prepare and very tasty.
Ingredients (per person)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 30 grams of bread from the day before
- 1/4 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 1/2 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste)
Elaboration
- Cut the bread into cubes or thin slices and reserve.
- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan.
- Peel the garlic, cut it into slices and sauté in the olive oil until golden brown.
- Add the bread, stirring constantly to avoid burning.
- Pour in the paprika and stir.
- Add 1 liter of water and season to taste.
- Cook over high heat until the soup comes to a boil.
- Lower the heat and cook for 10 minutes or until the bread falls apart.
2. Garlic soup with chorizo
This must be one of the tastiest easy garlic soup recipes we’ve ever seen. By incorporating chorizo into the soup, you make it more caloric and a little less healthy (due to the cholesterol content of the chorizo). However, if you eat it from time to time, it will not have an impact on your health.
Ingredients
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 120 g of chorizo
- 1 loaf of stale bread
- 130 ml of milk
- 2 eggs
- salt and sweet paprika (to taste)
- 1 liter of meat broth
- extra virgin olive oil (required amount)
Elaboration
- Put the olive oil in a saucepan and heat it.
- Chop the garlic and sauté in the oil until golden brown.
- Chop the chorizo and the bread and add them to the casserole. Stir well.
- Add the meat broth and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and cook for about 10 minutes or until the bread falls apart.
- Add the two eggs and beat continuously for 5 minutes until you get a cream. Serve and enjoy!
3. Garlic soup with poached egg
Eggs provide the highest quality protein and a lot of energy. In addition, it has balanced proportions of essential amino acids, which is why it is recommended to consume it several times a week. A study has even stated that consuming an egg per day is not associated with any increase in cardiovascular risk.
Ingredients
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 3 eggs
- 150 g of bread
- 1 liter of vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika
- extra virgin olive oil (required amount)
- salt to taste)
- parsley (to taste)
Elaboration
- Peel and chop the garlic.
- Heat the oil in a pot and sauté the minced garlic.
- Cut the bread into slices and add it to the casserole when the garlic is golden brown.
- Add the paprika and stir.
- Pour in the vegetable broth, add salt and bring to a boil for two minutes.
- Remove the soup from the heat and serve it in small oven-safe pots. Place an egg on each soup and bake at 180 ° C until set. Garnish with parsley.
Soup variations
As we always tell you, the limits in the kitchen are set by your imagination! We give you some ideas to create a garlic soup according to your tastes by incorporating new ingredients:
- Add potatoes to the soup. In this way, you will increase its nutritional value and it will “fill” more, thus being ideal as a main dish.
- How about adding Serrano ham to it? Be careful with the salt if you do. First add the ham and after boiling, rectify the salt.
- Use hot paprika instead of sweet paprika for an even more flavorful taste.
- You can also incorporate vegetables such as leek, mushrooms, zucchini or carrot.
What do you think of these easy garlic soup recipes? Put on your apron and experiment. Feel free to add all kinds of other ingredients to your regular garlic soup. In the variation is the taste!
