📖 Recipe: Cuban Garbanzos Fritos
Garbanzos Fritos is a delicious and flavourful Cuban dish. Easy to prepare, this chickpea-based meal is adaptable: skip the chorizo to make it a vegetarian meal. This recipe uses pantry ingredients and is ready in about 30 minutes.
Servings: 4 portions
Calories: 36kcal
Ingredients
- ½ onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tomatoes medium size, diced
- 1 can chickpeas 250g or dried chickpeas previously soaked and cooked
- 1 cup tomato sauce plain
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon Oregano
- ½ teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- First, wash and chop all your produce.
- Dice your onion, tomatoes, and pepper. And drain your chickpeas and slice your chorizo. Set aside
- In a hot pan, sauté the garlic and onion in a little of olive oil - big enough to get all your ingredients in.
- After about 2 minutes, once, the onion, pepper and garlic are golden and fragrant, add your fresh tomatoes, chorizo, tomato juice, chickpeas, oregano, cumin and salt.
- Reduce the heat and let it simmer for 20-25 minutes.
- Serve alone or with some rice and enjoy!
Notes
Can I make this recipe ahead?
Absolutely, the flavours come together even more on the next day. Once cooked, allow to cool down completely before transferring in an air-tight container and place in the fridge. You can store it for 2 to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 36kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 616mg | Potassium: 386mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 790IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg