Best 9 Chickpea And Spinach Spread Recipes

GARLIC, SPINACH, AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, and stir in garlic and onion. Cook until tender. Season with cumin and coriander.
• Mix vegetable stock and potatoes into the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer about 10 minutes. Stir in the garbanzo beans, and continue to cook until potatoes are tender.
• In a small bowl, blend the heavy cream, tahini, and corn meal. Mix into the soup.
• Stir spinach into the soup. Season with cayenne pepper and salt. Continue to cook until spinach is heated through.

CHICKPEAS WITH BABY SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes. Add the garlic, cumin, tomato paste and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring for one to two minutes, until fragrant and the tomato paste has turned a darker color. Add the chickpeas, the stock or water, and the cayenne, and bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in the spinach, a handful at a time, stirring until each addition of spinach wilts. Add salt to taste and simmer uncovered, stirring often, for five minutes. Add lots of freshly ground pepper, taste and adjust salt and cayenne, and serve.

CHICKPEA SANDWICH SPREAD

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the pickle relish, mayonnaise, pickle juice and mustard. Add one can of chickpeas; cover and process until smooth. Gradually add remaining can of chickpeas; blend until smooth., Transfer to a large bowl; stir in celery and carrot. Line pita bread with spinach leaves and tomato slices. Place about 1/2 cup chickpea mixture in each pita half.

CHICKPEA AND SPINACH SPREAD

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add garlic. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chickpeas and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add spinach, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and the red-pepper flakes. Cover; raise heat to medium-high. Cook, stirring once, until spinach has wilted, about 4 minutes. Uncover; raise heat to high. Cook, stirring, until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 2 minutes. Let cool.
• Pulse spinach mixture, tahini paste, remaining teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a food processor until slightly chunky.

CHICK-PEAS AND SPINACH TAPAS

Steps:

• If using fresh spinach: Cook the spinach in a saucepan with the water clinging to its leaves, stirring, until wilted. Drain, squeeze dry, and finely chop. If using frozen spinach, follow package directions, drain, squeeze dry, and finely chop.
• In a bowl combine the spinach with the chick peas, pepper, chives, lemon juice, oil, salt, and pepper. Serve as is or chilled with toasted bread or as a filling for pita pockets.

MOROCCAN CHICKPEAS AND SPINACH

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook the onion in the oil over medium heat until softened.
• Add bell pepper, coriander, cumin, and tumeric. Cook for 2-3 minutes longer.
• Add the chickpeas and 4 T of their liquid. Simmer for 5 minutes, until the pepper is tender, adding about 2 T more of the reserved liquid as necessary.
• Add spinach and cook until the spinach is bright and wilted.
• Stir in lemon juice and add salt and pepper.
• Combine yogurt, garlic, cucumber, and salt in a bowl. Serve with the chickpeas.

SPINACH WITH CHICKPEAS AND FRESH DILL

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, and saute until soft. Add chickpeas, and toss to coat in oil.
• Clean spinach well and cut away thick stems; add undrained spinach and dill to skillet, and cook until spinach is tender.
• Stir in lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm.

SPICED BEEF, CHICKPEAS AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Put the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until it starts to be translucent.
• Add the ground beef, cumin, coriander and pepper. Stir, and cook until the beef is cooked.
• Remove the pan from the heat, and put the beef in an 2-quart casserole dish, keeping a few tablespoons of the beef liquid in the pan.
• Turn the heat to medium-high and add the spinach and garlic and cook, stirring often. until it the spinach has wilted.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the chickpeas, Keeping as much of the liquid as you can in the pan, add this to the casserole dish with the meat, patting it in a layer.
• Put the tomatoes in the pan and cook over medium-high heat until the tomatoes start to break down, around 3 - 4 minutes. Spread the tomatoes on top of the spinach layer in the casserole dish.
• Put the dish in the center of the oven and bake until it's bubbly, about 30 minutes.

CHICKPEA AND SPINACH SPREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add the garlic. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the chickpeas and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add the spinach, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and the red pepper flakes. Cover; raise heat to medium-high. Cook, stirring once, until the spinach has wilted, about 4 minutes. Uncover; raise heat to high. Cook, stirring, until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 2 minutes. Let cool.
• Pulse the spinach mixture, tahini, remaining teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a food processor until slightly chunky. The spread can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 2 days.
• Fit to Eat Recipe
• Per serving (1/2 cup)
• Calories: 208
• Fat: 6g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Carbohydrate: 31g
• Sodium: 557mg
• Protein: 9g
• Fiber: 7g