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Eggplant on Braised Chickpeas

by Adrianna Adarme on Mar 9, 2018

This eggplant on braised chickpeas requires a good amount of pantry items and is delicious and cozy without feeling super filling. (Recipe Credit: Adrianna Adarme of Fresh Tastes).
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Servings
Serves 4
Course
Entree

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Comfort Foods Healthy Vegetarian

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Ingredients

  • 1 (15-ounce) can of tomatoes
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1 chipotle in adobo
  • 1 (15-ounce) can of garbanzo beans, rinsed
  • 1 bunch of kale, ends trimmed and chopped
  • Salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 eggplant, trimmed and sliced horizontally
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ¼ cup crumbled cotija cheese
  • 1 tablespoon minced cilantro

Instructions

  1. To a blender, add the can of tomatoes, water and chipotle in adobo. Blend until very smooth. Pour into a medium skillet, set over medium heat, along with the garbanzo beans, kale and a few pinches of salt. Bring to a gentle simmer and cover, cooking for about 15 to 20 minutes. Give it a taste and adjust the salt to your liking. I added a few more liberal pinches of salt.
  2. Sprinkle the eggplant slices with a few pinches of cumin. To a medium skillet, set over medium heat, add the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the sliced eggplant and cook on both sides for about 2 to 3 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and transfer on top of the garbanzo beans. Repeat until you’ve cooked all of the eggplant.
  3. Garnish the dish with the minced cilantro and cotija cheese.

I am on a vegetarian kick, always. I probably eat vegetarian about five nights a week and the rest of the times, I’ll sprinkle in fish and chicken. This is my favorite super quick vegetarian meal, as of late. It requires a good amount of pantry items and is so delicious and cozy without feeling heavy or super filling.

It starts with a can of tomatoes, some water and a chipotle in adobo going in the blender. Chipotles in adobo add so much flavor to anything. You get so much bang for your buck. The one thing is that it always feels like a bummer to open a whole can and only use one. I save them in a ziplock bag in the fridge and pull them out whenever I want to use one.

A can of chickpeas are added to the pot, along with the spicy tomato sauce and a big handful of chopped kale and a few pinches of salt. After it braises for a few minutes, I add a few slices of cumin-dusted eggplant. Boom—dinner!

So simple and healthy. I like to top this with a sprinkling of chopped cilantro and cotija cheese. Enjoy!

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Adrianna Adarme

Adrianna Adarme is an author, enthusiastic home cook and food blogger who lives in Los Angeles, California. In 2009 she started her blog, A Cozy Kitchen, which has become a place people visit to hear entertaining anecdotes about daily life and to find delicious, comforting recipes from Adrianna's kitchen. A Cozy Kitchen has garnered attention from various publications and blogs, including features and write-ups from The Los Angeles Times, Refinery29, Saveur Magazine, Oh Joy, Rachel Zoe's Zoe Report and NBC Latino.

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