🍲 Chicken and Chickpea Stew

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Shredded chicken and chickpeas in a tomato sauce with garlic, paprika, white wine and a spicy touch of cayenne.

⏱️ 20 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Medium🔥 593 calories per serving💪 55 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 1 tomato
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 8.8 oz (250 g) chicken breast
  • 1 3/4 cups (10.5 oz / 300 g) cooked chickpeas
  • 1/2 cup (3.5 oz / 100 g) tomato sauce
  • 2 tbsp white wine
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • to taste thyme
  • to taste cayenne pepper
  • to taste salt
  • 2 1/4 tsp olive oil

How to make it, step by step

  1. Blend the onion and peeled garlic into a paste; cut the fresh tomato into quarters and remove the seeds.
  2. In a skillet with oil over high heat, sauté the blended onion and garlic together with the tomato, mashing it with a spoon to break it down.
  3. Add the sweet paprika and salt to taste.
  4. Add the diced chicken breast, brown it for 4-5 minutes in the sauce, then add the chickpeas and mix well.
  5. Lower the heat to medium, add the tomato sauce and white wine, and let everything come together.
  6. When the sauce is thick, add cayenne to taste and the thyme, and adjust the salt.

Recipe by Eiden C., from the CestaChef community.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

593
calories
55 g
protein
56 g
carbs
15 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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