Turkey & Garbanzo Soup (Instant Pot, Gluten-Free, Caribbean)

Name: Turkey & Garbanzo Soup (Instant Pot, Gluten-Free, Caribbean)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 large onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 4 celery leaf stalk, diced; 2 bay leaves; 2 pounds ground turkey; 2 teaspoons fine salt; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon ground black peppeer; 1 teaspoon dried rosemary; 1 teaspoon oregano powder; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 small sweet potato, diced; 1 ripe plantain, diced; 1/2 cup tomato sauce or Beet NoMato; 3 cups bone broth; 1 can garbanzo beans (with fluid)

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Soup season anyone? This Turkey & Garbanzo bean soup has got major Caribbean flavors with ripe plantain, sweet potato, and cilantro. Chock full of lean protein and gut-healthy prebiotic fibers, this turkey and garbanzo soup is creative, nourishing, and oh so easy to make for any fall feast.

close up of turkey and garbanzo soup in blue bowl garnished with cilantro

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1 Turkey and Garbanzo Soup For The Win

2 Grab Your Ingredients

3 How to Make this Caribbean Inspired Instant Pot Soup

4 Frequently Asked Questions

5 Turkey & Garbanzo Soup (Instant Pot, Gluten-Free, Caribbean)

instant pot turkey and garbanzo soup in blue bowl with lime on the side

Turkey and Garbanzo Soup For The Win

This turkey and garbanzo soup is a fantastic option for people seeking all the flavor of a Caribbean dish without all the nightshades. Made with my Beet Marinara sauce, it also works wonderfully with tomato sauce. Ripe plantain and cilantro- an ode to my Cubaness- offer a flavor profile, for the homesick Latinx person (me!) or those wanting to get a little creative this soup season. This flavorful soup is hearty, healthful, and easy to make in 35 minutes!

Grab Your Ingredients

two bowls- one with whole bright green limes and the other with small yellow and brown spotted ripe plantains

There’s something about flavors from home! While I’m currently – but not for long- living in Northern Virginia, I still love tropical flavors. This instant pot soup combines flavors from my Cuban culture in a simple soup that fits my needs.

Ground turkey – I wanted a lean protein for this soup because I’m lifting weights again and lean proteins helps me build muscle.
Onions, Celery, Garlic – these are my nightshade free sofrito combo. These base of flavor.
Ripe plantain- this adds wonderful sweet notes to the soup with gut health prebiotic starch.
Sweet potato- adds hearty starch thats filling and also good for muscle glycogen recovery.
Beet Marinara- you can also use tomato sauce or paste, but I use this recipe because I don’t eat tomatoes.
Bone broth- for gut healing animo acids.
Garbanzo beans – I used Eden canned garbanzo beans because they’re soaked and pressure cooked, which make them easier to digest! Chickpeas or garbanzos are delicious with lots of fiber and decent protein.

All of the recipes in my blog and in BOTH my cookbooks are nightshade-free. Through elimination protocols, I found that they are the main contributor to inflammation in my body.

How to Make this Caribbean Inspired Instant Pot Soup

step 1-3 of making turkey and garbanzo soup
1. close up of chopped celery and onion
2. onion and celery in hot pan
3. ground turkey beginning to mix in with onion, celery, garlic and bay leaves in pan

Heat your pressure cooker on saute mode. Drizzle oil into the pot. Once its hot add in the onion, celery, garlic and bay leaves. Saute until tender.
Add in the turkey and break up with a spatula, mixing frequently until browned and crumbled.

steps 4-6 of turkey and garbanzo soup
4. bowl of salt and seasoning
5. pan with browned turkey mixed in well with seasoning
6.plate with chopped plantain and sweet potato

Mix in the salt and seasonings then add in the plantain and sweet potato.
Mix well and add in the tomato sauce, then the bone broth and garbanzos.

steps 7-9 or turkey and garbanzo soup
7. close up of beet "tomato" sauce in a spoon over pot
8. pot with vegetables, turkey, garbanzo and tomato sauce + bone broth
9. close up of finished soup

Stir well. Cancel the saute function. Close the lid and set to cook on medium pressure for 15 minutes.
Once it’s done, release the pressure. Stir well. Serve with lime and minced cilantro.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of bone broth do you use?

I like Bonafide Provisions beef bone broth.

Would other kinds of ground meat work?

Yes. Other proteins may not be as lean but the flavor would still work.

If I don’t have plantains, can I use bananas?

No, bananas will not work but any root vegetable will.

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