Warm Chickpea Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tomatoes, cut into quarters and seeds removed
• 4 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 small red chilies, deseeded and sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup wine or 1/4 cup vegetable stock or 1/4 cup water
• 400 g chickpeas, drained and rinsed (garbonzos 14 oz)
• 4 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest, zested finely

Recipe

• 1 deseed the tomatoes and chillies. chop tomatoes into a rough dice and finely slice the chillies.
• 2 heat the oil in a large frypan/skillet. add the chilli, garlic and red onion. stir over a medium heat for about 5 mintus.
• 3 add the chopped tomatoes and the wine/stock/water (whichever of your choice). reduce heat to low. cover the skillet (if you dont have a lid you can use aluminium foil). cook for another 8-10 minutes. the mixture should be soft and most of the liquid evaporated.remove from the heat.
• 4 lightly stir in the chickpeas (or other beans) , parsley, lemon juicend lemon zest.season to taste with freshly ground salt and pepper.
• 5 serve with lemon wedges.