Mediterranean
Braised Eggplant and Chickpea Stew
Braised Eggplant and Chickpea Stew is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the protein alongside. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 eggplants
- 2 cups canned chickpeas
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 28 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium and cook the cubed eggplant until softened and browned, about 10 minutes.
- Add the onion and garlic and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the cumin and smoked paprika until fragrant.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, chickpeas, and salt and bring to a simmer.
- Cover and cook until the eggplant is meltingly tender and the sauce has thickened, about 25 minutes.
- Stir in the parsley and serve.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Braised Eggplant and Chickpea Stew carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Partial
- Food groups it covers
- Pulses and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Braised Eggplant and Chickpea Stew takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on eggplant, chickpea, and tomato.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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