Chicken and Chickpea Stew
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
40 min.
Preparation
ready in 2 h. 40 min.
Ready in
Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 4 Chicken breasts
- 2 cloves garlic cloves (crushed)
- 1 lemon (finely grated zest and juice)
- salt
- peppers
- 5 Tbsps olive oil
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 4 red peppers (deseeded and cut into thick strips)
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- 2 cups canned chickpeas (drained)
- white wine vinegar (or red wine vinegar)
- To finish
- extra virgin olive oil
Preparation steps
1.
Cut the chicken into pieces and mix with the lemon zest and juice, a pinch of salt and pepper and 1 tbsp oil. Cover and leave to marinate for at least 2 hours.
2.
Heat 3 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and cook the onion, peppers and paprika gently for 10 minutes, until softened but not coloured. Add the drained chickpeas, vinegar and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Stir, bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
3.
Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan. Lift the chicken from the marinade and cook for 7-10 minutes until cooked through.
4.
Spoon the chickpea mixture onto plates and top with the chicken. Drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil and serve immediately.
