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Swiss Chard with Chickpeas
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Swiss Chard with Chickpeas

Swiss chard with chickpeas in olive oil and spices — a healthy, nourishing dish from the Mediterranean kitchen

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Wash the chard well.
  2. 2
    Separate the leaves from the stems, and cut the stems into small pieces and the leaves coarse.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium-high heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStovePot
  4. 4
    Add the garlic and fry, until it is lightly golden.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  5. 5
    Add the paprika, cumin and chili and stir.
    Stove
  6. 6
    Add the stems of the chard and cook 3 minutes, stirring.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Add the leaves of the chard and cook 5 minutes, stirring, until they soften.
    Stove
  8. 8
    Add the chickpeas, stir and cook 5 more minutes, until the liquid reduces.
    Stove
  9. 9
    Season the chard with salt and black pepper and the lemon juice, and serve.
303calories
12 gprotein
28 gcarbs
14 gfat
● protein 17%● carbs 40%● fat 43%

Per serving (248 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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