Spinach and chickpeas are a delicious and nutritious combination that can be used in a variety of dishes. The delicate flavor of spinach pairs perfectly with the nutty taste of chickpeas, and both ingredients are packed with essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Whether you're looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a healthy side dish to serve at your next party, there's a spinach and chickpea recipe out there to suit your needs.
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CHICKPEAS WITH BABY SPINACH
This is mostly a pantry dish, very quick to put together. You can serve it on its own, with couscous or pasta, or over a thick slice of toasted bread rubbed with garlic.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories dinner, easy, quick, weekday, main course
Time 30m
Yield Serves three
Number Of Ingredients 11
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.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 306, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 12 grams, Protein 15 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 764 milligrams, Sugar 9 grams
CHICKPEAS WITH SPINACH (GREEK)
Make and share this Chickpeas With Spinach (Greek) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, over medium heat, saute the onions and garlic in the olive oil until the onions are tender.
- Add the chickpeas, tomatoes, pepper flakes (to suit your taste), and oregano,and paprika.
- Cover and simmer for about 18 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add spinach and cook about 7 minutes longer, or until spinach is cooked.
- Add the lemon juice (I usually like to add the juice of about 1 1/2 lemons. Add the juice of 1 lemon, taste and adjust to your own, personal taste), salt and pepper.
INDIAN SPINACH AND CHICKPEAS
Steps:
- Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saute until translucent. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add garlic and cook for another minute. Add spices and cook until fragrant. Add yogurt, half-and-half, thawed spinach with its liquid, and drained chickpeas. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook until heated through.
CHICKPEAS WITH TOMATOES AND SPINACH
Provided by Bobby Flay
Yield Yield: 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a medium pan on the grill over high heat. Add onions and cook until lightly golden brown. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the spices, ginger and chile and cook for 1 minute. Add the spinach and cook until just wilted.
- Place the chickpeas in a large bowl. Add the onion/spinach mixture and mix until combined. Add the tomatoes, olive oil, parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste.
SPINACH WITH CHICKPEAS AND FRESH DILL
This is a Sephardic Passover recipe that is great as a side dish. It is flavorful and very refreshing.
Provided by Sara
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Greens
Time 30m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 141.9 calories, Carbohydrate 20.3 g, Fat 6 g, Fiber 7.3 g, Protein 6.6 g, SaturatedFat 0.8 g, Sodium 163.1 mg, Sugar 3 g
SPINACH WITH CRISPY CHICKPEAS
This healthy side dish recipe is courtesy of chef Andrew Carmellini.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dinner Recipes Dinner Side Dishes
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place chickpeas on a paper-towel-lined plate to allow any excess liquid to be absorbed.
- Place flour in a deep bowl; add chickpeas and toss until completely coated with flour.
- Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over high heat. When oil begins to smoke, add chickpeas, shaking pot to coat chickpeas with oil; chickpeas will begin to snap and pop. Keep shaking or stirring pan occasionally, until chickpeas are golden brown all over, about 4 minutes. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper; using a slotted spoon, transfer chickpeas to a plate and set aside.
- Place pot over medium-high heat and add remaining tablespoon oil. Add garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds.
- Add red pepper and spinach to pot and cook until spinach begins to wilt, about 1 minute; season with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Continue cooking until spinach has completely wilted, about 30 seconds more.
- Transfer spinach to a serving plate and top with chickpeas; serve immediately.
GARLIC, SPINACH, AND CHICKPEA SOUP
This exciting combination of ingredients is easy to make! Garbanzo beans, spinach, and potatoes are blended in a richly spiced, creamy vegetable broth base.
Provided by Dale Penny
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Spinach Soup Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 14
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 388.8 calories, Carbohydrate 39 g, Cholesterol 54.3 mg, Fat 23.5 g, Fiber 6.7 g, Protein 8.2 g, SaturatedFat 10.3 g, Sodium 440.6 mg, Sugar 2 g
CHICKPEAS WITH TOMATOES & SPINACH
For a great night in, whip up this warming meal, serve with a bit of naan and get comfy on the sofa
Provided by Roopa Gulati
Categories Dinner, Side dish, Supper
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a wok and fry the onion over a low heat until softened. Stir in the garlic, ginger and chillies and cook for a further 5 mins until the onions are golden and the garlic slightly toasted.
- Add the turmeric, garam masala and cumin, stirring over a low heat for a few secs. Tip in the chopped tomatoes and add the tomato purée, then simmer for 5 mins.
- Add the chickpeas to the pan with 300ml water (fill the can three-quarters full). Simmer for 10 mins before stirring in the spinach to wilt. Season and serve with rice or naan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 145 calories, Fat 6 grams fat, Carbohydrate 17 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 6 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.56 milligram of sodium
SPINACH AND CHICKPEAS
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories easy, quick, side dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Pulse bread in a food processor to make crumbs. Saute garlic in 1/4 cup olive oil until fragrant, then add bread crumbs and stir frequently until evenly toasted; remove.
- Add remaining oil to the pan and add the spinach, along with the pimenton and cumin. Cook until it is quite soft, about 10 minutes.
- Add the chickpeas to the pan and cook for 5 minutes or so. When ready to serve, stir in the sherry vinegar and sprinkle with the toasted bread crumbs.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 416, UnsaturatedFat 17 grams, Carbohydrate 45 grams, Fat 21 grams, Fiber 12 grams, Protein 16 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 459 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SPINACH WITH CHICKPEAS AND FRIED EGGS
Provided by Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
Categories Egg Leafy Green Vegetable Brunch Vegetarian High Fiber Dinner Lunch Spinach Legume Chickpea Healthy Bon Appétit Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. When oil begins to shimmer, add 1 garlic clove. Stir until beginning to turn golden brown, 1-2 minutes. Add spinach to pot. Toss to coat; season with salt and pepper. Cook until spinach is wilted but still bright green, 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl; set aside. Wipe out pot.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in same pot over medium heat. When oil begins to shimmer, add onion and 3 garlic cloves. Cook, stirring often, until onion is softened, 3-4 minutes.
- Add cumin and paprika; stir until cumin is toasted and fragrant, 1-2 minutes. Add chickpeas and tomatoes; stir to coat. Cook until tomatoes start to caramelize and chickpeas begin to brown, 8-10 minutes. Add 3 cups broth; bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan. Reduce heat to medium; simmer, occasionally mashing some chickpeas with the back of a spoon or a potato masher, until sauce is thickened, 15-20 minutes. Fold in spinach; simmer for flavors to meld, adding more broth by 1/4-cupfuls if too thick, 8ñ10 minutes.
- Pour oil into a large heavy skillet to a depth of 1/8" (about 1/4 cup). Heat until oil begins to shimmer. Crack 2 eggs into hot oil, spacing apart. Using a large spoon, carefully baste whites (not yolks) with oil until whites are set and edges are crunchy, lacy, and golden brown, 2-3 minutes (do not turn). Season eggs with salt and pepper. Transfer to a plate and repeat with remaining 2 eggs.
- Spoon chickpea stew into bowls and top each with a fried egg.
CHICKPEAS WITH SPINACH
Provided by Joyce Goldstein
Categories Egg Leafy Green Vegetable Appetizer Side Sauté Dinner Spinach Legume Chickpea Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Pick over the chickpeas, discarding any misshapen peas or grit, rinse well, and soak overnight in water to cover. The next day, drain the chickpeas and put them in a saucepan with water to cover by 2 inches. Tie together 4 of the garlic cloves, the onion, and the bay leaf in a piece of cheesecloth and add the sachet to the pan. Add the optional ham hock only if you will not be adding salt cod later, and then bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered, adding 2 teaspoons salt (less if using the ham hock) after the first 10 minutes of cooking, until the chickpeas are tender, about 1 hour. Remove the pan from the heat, and remove the sachet from the pan. Leave the chickpeas in their cooking liquid. Discard the ham bone. Untie the sachet, discard the bay leaf, and reserve the garlic and onion.
- Place the spinach in a saucepan with only the rinsing water clinging to its leaves and cook over medium heat, stirring and turning constantly with tongs, until wilted, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain well in a sieve, pressing with the back of a spoon. If the leaves seem stringy or too big, you can chop them a bit more. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a small sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the bread and the remaining 3 uncooked garlic cloves and fry, turning as needed, until golden, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender or small processor, add the saffron, and pulse until pulverized. Add the onion and garlic reserved from the chickpeas, the cumin, paprika, and 1 cup of the chickpea cooking liquid and purée until smooth.
- Add the purée and the spinach to the cooked chickpeas along with the salt cod or the ham, whichever you are using. Place the mixture over low heat, stir well, and bring to a simmer. If it seems dry, add a little water as needed so the stew is spoonable. Season to taste with salt and lots of pepper. Taste and balance the seasoning with vinegar.
- Transfer to a serving dish. If serving with the optional eggs, top with the fried eggs and serve hot, or with the hard-boiled eggs and serve warm.
SPINACH WITH CHICKPEAS
This comes from a Spanish cookbook I own. I have made it using about 1/2 cup of jarred, roasted, marinated bell pepper strips instead of the pimientos mentioned, and that worked well. And yes, it is 11 cups of spinach-it cooks away so much!
Provided by JustJanS
Categories Spinach
Time 25m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large, lidded skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes, or until golden, but not brown; remove with a slotted spoon and discard.
- Add the onion and cumin, turmeric and cayenne and cook, stirring for about 5 minutes or until soft.
- Add the chickpeas and stir until coated with the oil and spices.
- Stir in the spinach with just the water clinging to it, cover and cook for 4-5 minutes until wilted.
- Uncover, stir in the pimientos and continue cooking, stirring gently until the liquid evaporates.
- Season to taste and serve.
Tips:
- Choose fresh spinach: Look for spinach with deep green, crisp leaves and no signs of wilting or yellowing.
- Use a variety of chickpeas: Experiment with different types of chickpeas, such as canned, dried, or roasted, to add different flavors and textures to your dish.
- Add aromatics: Sauteing onions, garlic, and other aromatics in olive oil before adding the spinach and chickpeas will enhance the flavor of the dish.
- Season to taste: Add salt, pepper, and other spices to taste. You can also use lemon juice or vinegar to add a tangy flavor.
- Serve immediately: Spinach and chickpeas are best served immediately after cooking, as they tend to lose their鮮度over time.
Conclusion:
Spinach and chickpeas are a versatile and healthy combination that can be enjoyed in many different ways. Whether you're looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a hearty and flavorful side dish, these recipes have got you covered. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a delicious and nutritious dish that the whole family will love. So next time you're looking for a healthy and satisfying meal, give one of these spinach and chickpea recipes a try!
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