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Spanish Rice Soup

Traditional Spanish Rice Soup

Course Soup
Cuisine Spanish
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 364 kcal
Author Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 30 ml
  • 1 small onion finey diced
  • 1 carrot finely chopped (peeled)
  • 4 cloves garlic roughly chopped
  • 1 cup uncooked round rice 220 grams
  • 1 1/4 cup canned chickpeas (drained & rinsed) 200 grams
  • 6 1/2 cups vegetable broth 1.5 liters
  • 1/4 tsp saffron threads .17 grams
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary
  • 2 cage-free organic eggs
  • pinch sea salt
  • dash black pepper
  • handful finely chopped parsley

Instructions

  1. Heat a stock pot with a medium heat and add in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

  2. After 2 minutes, add in 1 small onion finely diced, 1 carrot (peeled) finely chopped and 4 cloves garlic roughly chopped, mix with the olive oil, once the onion is translucent, about 3 minutes, add in 1 cup uncooked round rice, mix together and cook the rice for about 2 minutes while mixing continuously, then add in 1 1/4 cups canned chickpeas (drained & rinsed) and season with sea salt & black pepper, gently mix together, then add in 6 1/2 cups vegetable broth, 1/4 tsp saffron threads and 1 sprig fresh rosemary, raise the heat to a high heat, mix together and bring to a boil, then place a lid on the stock pot and lower the heat to a low-medium

  3. While the soup is cooking, make the hardboiled eggs, add in 2 eggs into a sauce pan, fill with cold water, about 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) above the eggs and heat with a high heat, once it comes to a boil, place a lid on the sauce pan and turn off the heat, let the eggs sit there between 11 to 12 minutes to get perfectly hardboiled eggs

  4. After simmering the soup for 18 minutes with the lid on, the rice should be perfectly cooked, remove the stock pot from the heat

  5. Transfer the soup into shallow bowls, top off each one with the hardboiled eggs (roughly chopped) and a generous portion of finely chopped parsley, serve at once, enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Get the Saffron Threads I used to make this recipe

Nutrition Facts
Traditional Spanish Rice Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 364 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 82mg27%
Sodium 187mg8%
Potassium 243mg7%
Carbohydrates 57g19%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 2676IU54%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Calcium 49mg5%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.