Chicken Meatball Soup with Chickpeas

Meatballs

• 1 ½ oz Parmesan cheese, cut into pieces
• 2 oz yellow onions, cut into pieces
• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ tsp Italian seasoning
• ½ tsp salt
• ⅛ tsp ground black pepper
• 16 oz ground chicken, broken into pieces
• 1 large egg
• ½ oz tomato paste
• 1 oz panko bread crumbs

Soup

• 4 oz yellow onion, cut into pieces
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 oz tomato paste
• ½ oz olive oil
• ½ tsp dried red chili flakes
• 2 cans chickpeas, drained (approx. 15 oz ea.)
• 1 tbsp chicken stock paste
• ½ tsp salt
• ⅛ tsp ground black pepper
• 28 oz water
• 2 oz lacinato kale, stems removed, cut into pieces
• 1 lemon, cut into wedges