Chick Peas a-la-Florentine Submitted by Amy Daniels
Prep Time: 20-25 minutes
Serving Size: 1.5 Cups
Servings per Recipe: about 5
Ingredients
- 4 jalapeno peppers
- 1 medium size onion
- 2 bell peppers (red, green, or yellow)
- 3 cloves garlic
- 6-7 baby potatoes
- 1 6 oz. bag baby spinach
- 2 cans (~15oz) garbanzo beans with liquid
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- Cooked Basmati rice for serving
Directions
- Wash and dry produce.
- Add baby potatoes to a large pot and add enough water to cover the baby potatoes by at least 1 inch of water. Bring the water to a boil, add salt to taste, and cook until potatoes are fork tender, about 10 minutes.
- While potatoes are cooking, cut jalapeno peppers in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, and dice into small pieces and set aside.
- Dice the onion and bell peppers into small pieces and set aside.
- Mince the garlic cloves and set aside.
- When potatoes are done cooking, drain and set aside.
- Add 2 tsp. olive oil to cooking pot and heat over medium heat. Add diced onion and garlic to the pot and sauté until softened, about 2 minutes. Add diced jalapeno peppers and diced bell peppers and cook until softened, about 3 minutes.
- Add garbanzo beans and their liquid to the cooking pot then add the cooked potatoes, stir, and bring to a simmer. Continue to stir to break up potatoes into pieces.
- Cook about 5 minutes and stir in the baby spinach. Simmer until spinach is wilted.
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Serve
over cooked basmati rice. Top with shredded mozzarella for serving.
Nutrition Information, per serving:
(Includes basmati rice)
- 310 calories
- 57 g carbohydrate
- 10.6 g fiber
- 4 g sugars
- 13 g protein
- 3.7 g fat
- 1 g saturated fat