One-Pan Tomato Chickpea Skillet | Healthy & Delicious 20 Minute Recipe

chickpeas

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Canned beans are often less expensive and quicker to prepare.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is more budget-friendly while still suitable for sautéing.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water

Using water is cost-effective and can be flavored with spices.

parsley

🥗Healthier: cilantro

💰Cheaper: green onions

Green onions provide a fresh flavor at a lower cost.

Add a couple of eggs into a saucepan and fill it with enough water to barely cover the eggs.

Heat the saucepan over high heat until it comes to a boil, then place a lid on it and remove it from heat, letting the eggs sit for 10 to 11 minutes for hard-boiled eggs.

Drain two cans of chickpeas into a colander and rinse them under water.

Roughly chop 100 grams of fresh spinach.

Finely chop one small onion and thinly slice five cloves of garlic.

Heat a large fry pan over medium heat and add 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil.

After a couple of minutes, add the chopped onion and garlic, mixing continuously to avoid browning too quickly, and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant.

Add 1 tbsp of sherry vinegar, 1 tsp of sweet smoked Spanish paprika, and 1/2 tsp of ground cumin, mixing until well combined.

Add the drained chickpeas and 1 can of tomato sauce, seasoning with sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, mixing until everything is well combined.

Place a lid on the pan, lower the heat to low medium, and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes to develop flavors.

After about 10 minutes, remove the lid and add the chopped spinach in a flat layer without mixing it in, then cover again and steam for another 2 to 3 minutes until the spinach is lightly steamed.

Remove the lid and mix everything together to incorporate the spinach into the chickpeas and tomato sauce.

Remove the pan from heat and serve directly from the skillet or transfer to serving dishes, garnishing with the hard-boiled eggs.

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