THE chickpeas with saffron they are a tasty dish with an easy recipe. A pinch of red pepper and a bay leaf perfume these stewed chickpeas to taste like side or real vegetarian main course.
Ingrediants
- 300 g of chickpeas already soaked
- 200 g of tomato pulp
- 1 onion
- 1 sachet of saffron
- fresh or dried hot pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
THE chickpeas with saffron they are a tasty dish, to be proposed as a main course or single dish, also served on a toasted wholemeal bread. A vegetarian recipe easy to do: stewed chickpeas that the combination of tomato with saffron makes it very appetizing.
If you love the chickpeas do not miss the delicious recipes that see them as protagonists, such as Tuscan pasta and chickpeas or the delicious chickpea meatballs with pecorino cheese. But also roasted chickpeas or chickpea and mussels salad.
Versatile and tasty, chickpeas are in fact an excellent source of vegetable proteins and provide a good supply of fiber and iron.
Among the recipes with legumes that we have prepared for you, you will find many proposals with which to alternate your meat or fish dishes, for a varied and balanced diet.
OTHER TASTY RECIPES: Hummus of chickpeas, soup of chickpeas, soup of chickpeas and octopus
How to prepare: Saffron chickpeas
- Execution
- easy
- Preparation time
- 10 min
- Cooking time
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1h and 30 min – 2h and 15 min
- Portions
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4 – 6
How to prepare: Saffron chickpeas
To prepare the saffron chickpeas, start boiling the legumes in about 2 liters of water, together with the bay leaf, letting them simmer very slowly for about 1 hour and a half or even two. Drain the chickpeas, remove the bay leaves and set aside about a deciliter of the cooking water. In a pan, heat two or three tablespoons of oil, add the chopped onion and when it has become transparent, add the tomato pulp and hot pepper. Add salt and cook for 5-10 minutes, stirring often.
Dissolve the saffron in the cooking liquid of the chickpeas kept aside, pour it into the sauté, stir and bring to a boil. Then add the chickpeas, adjust the salt and leave to flavor for 5 minutes over medium heat.
Transfer the saffron chickpeas to a serving dish and serve at the table.
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