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Spicy Chickpea Spinach Salad Recipe

Written by Published on Updated on October 7, 2022 in Main dishes, Mediterranean cuisine

Happy Easter foodie friends,

I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter holiday with family and friends and let’s hope next year things will be back to normal again. So, let’s talk about SALADS. I haven’t shared a salad recipe in a while so here is one that might be of interest to you my fellow foodie friends my Spicy Chickpea Spinach Salad Recipe.

A Salad is usually the main course for me. This time this delicious Spicy Chickpea Spinach Salad was a side dish. I had prepared roasted salmon marinated in herbs for our main course but I was hesitant to add a green salad, so I went with this spicy treat. This simple salad has a wonderful combination of flavors and colors. I spiced it up a bit with Chili flakes and added tomato paste to make it unique.

Chickpeas seem to be one of those love-hate relationships for many. I’m not sure why this is but I have come across many who do not enjoy eating chickpeas. I thought about this for a while and it came down to the name Chick and pea. That’s got to be it! What do you think?

Have a great day everyone!!

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Spicy Chickpea Spinach Salad

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A flavorful, healthy salad that can be eaten as a main course or side dish. The chickpeas combined with spinach, vegetable stock, white wine, and chili flakes gives this salad a deliciously unique taste.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Course Dinner, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 can chickpeas large size or dried chickpeas
  • 2 bags baby spinach small size
  • ½ cup dill chopped
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • ¼ cup white wine dry
  • ½ cup vegetable stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 leek chopped
  • 1 tsp chili flakes
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Place chickpeas in water overnight. Drain and rinse thoroughly the next day. Boil until chickpeas have softened. You can also use store-bought chickpeas to make this process quicker.
    chickpeas, water, pot
  • Add chickpeas into the pan along with chopped leek, bay leaf, and olive oil. Stir consistently.
    chickpeas, leek, bay leaf, pan
  • Add in wine
    Dry White WIne
  • Wash and rinse Spinach. Then add into the pan along with the dill. Stir for a few minutes until spinach withers.
    spinach
  • Pour in vegetable stock/broth, stir.
    Vegetable stock
  • Add in tomato paste and 1 cup of water. Stir until sauce has thickened.
    chcikpeas, spinach, tomato sauce
  • Remove bay leaf before serving. This salad can be served hot or cold.
    Chickpeas, tomato sauce, bowl, fork Spinach
Keyword chickpeas, Easy recipe, healthy, Salad

KALI MAS OREXI!! 🙂

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10 Comments

  1. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen
    April 7, 2021 at 2:01 pm  ·  Reply
    Oh yum! This looks really tasty!
  2. dtills
    April 10, 2021 at 1:36 am  ·  Reply
    Perfect timing! I was just trying to find a recipe for chickpeas😋
  3. Aarushi Sehgal
    April 16, 2021 at 4:18 pm  ·  Reply
    I am just 13 and I have a baking blog of my own but your recipes have taught me something nice. All the ideas and inspirations are wonderful! Thank you for the share dear👍🏻 Do check out my blog too and maybe we can follow each other for more updates! :)

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