Spiced Chickpea Stew with Feta Toasts

Name: Spiced Chickpea Stew with Feta Toasts
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 850 grams can each) chickpeas, dreained and rinsed; 473 milliliters diced canned tomatoes, with juice; 0 teaspoons caraway seeds; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; 113 grams feta cheese, crumbled; 3 cloves garlic cloves, peeled and minced; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 946 milliliters low sodium chicken broth; 1 Tbsps dried oregano; 1 teaspoons crushed red-pepper flakes, or to taste; 237 milliliters jarred roasted red peppers, drained and roughly chopped; 6 slices rustic bread or baguette

Spiced Chickpea Stew with Feta Toasts is a vegetarian main course. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 15g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 334 calories. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. Head to the store and pick up rustic bread, coriander seeds, oregano, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes.

Instructions

Using a mortar and pestle , crush garlic, chiles, coriander, salt, and caraway to form a rough paste full of cracked seeds.

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Coriander

Caraway Seeds

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Seeds

Salt

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Mortar And Pestle

Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add garlic mixture, and cook until just softened, about 3 minutes.Stir in half of the chickpeas, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, and stock. Cover the pot and simmer over very low heat, stirring often, for 45 minutes.

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Roasted Red Peppers

Chickpeas

Tomato

Garlic

Stock

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Pot

Let cool slightly.Meanwhile lightly toast the bread slices in a 350 degree oven for about 5 minutes.

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Bread

Toast

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Oven

Remove the toast from the oven and turn the broiler on to get hot. In a small bowl mix together the chopped tomatoes, oregano and feta.

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Tomato

Oregano

Toast

Feta Cheese

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Oven

Bowl

Add a drizzle of very good olive oil. Heap about 1 ½ tablespoons on top of each toast and place them on a baking sheet.

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Olive Oil

Toast

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Baking Sheet

Put the toasts under the broiler for a few moments until they begin to bubble and get brown.

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Broiler

Remove the toasts from broiler. Set aside.Using an immersion blender process the cooled tomato and chickpea mixture to a slightly chunky puree.

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Chickpeas

Tomato

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Immersion Blender

Broiler

Add the rest of the chick peas. Return the pan to the stove and reheat. Divide the stew among bowls, and serve with the tomato and feta toasts on the side.

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Chickpeas

Tomato

Feta Cheese

Stew