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Spanish Garlic and Bread Soup

4 Servings

45 minutes

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José Andrés taught us this “end of month” recipe—the sort of meal to make quickly with whatever is on hand. His approach: garlic cooked in copious amounts of olive oil with thinly sliced stale bread and several tablespoons of smoked paprika. Add some water and simmer, then off heat whisk in four or five eggs. For our version, we realized the bread, garlic and smoked paprika we had in our cupboards weren't up to Andrés’ standards. So we boosted the flavor by using chicken broth instead of water, and we sautéed both sweet and smoked paprika with garlic and scallions. And instead of using stale bread, we turned a loaf of rustic sourdough (a baguette or any crusty loaf will do) into delicious croutons.

4

Servings

45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6

    tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided, plus more to serve

  • 1

    bunch scallions, thinly sliced, whites and greens reserved separately

Directions

Reviews
Jer S.
February 15, 2026
Delicious
Followed the recipe but used shallots instead of green onions and I grilled a bone in ham steak. Diced the ham to 1/4 cubes. It added a wonderful smokey flavor and made it a filling meal. Love your recipes. Cheers
Blair B.
February 3, 2026
This was soooo good (and won a soup contest)
Ive made this several times and took it to a neighborhood soup contest. It won, and years later I have people telling me how they remember it.
Mia F.
October 24, 2023
Delicious
This soup tastes just like the garlic soup I grew up with! So glad I can make it now, too!
Therese F.
December 24, 2022
Love it!
I love garlic, soup, and easy recipes, so this was a win for me.
Chris H.
May 30, 2024
Scallion and Garlic Later and Shorter
This was delicious but all my scallion and garlic got too dark. Next time I will bloom the paprika THEN add the garlic and scallion. Samesies on the toasted bread nuggets. Get them near the end of toasting THEN add scallion greens.

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