Italian black chickpea stew

[benwl]

I saw a can of black Italian chickpeas in a local independent supermarket and decided to try them. I use Indian black chickpeas quite a lot but these were new to me. (the internet tells me they are larger)

I just put them in a stew with a lot of peppers I needed to use up. They have have a nice strong flavour and real crunchyness

[Activity2004]

The stew looks really wonderful! How long did it take to cook?

[benwl Volunteer in reply to Activity2004]

Thanks

It must have taken about 25 mins - 10 mins to brown the onions and soften the peppers, and then 15 mins of simmering with the beans and tomatoes.

[Activity2004 in reply to benwl]

That sounds great! I may try it for a weekend meal in the next few days.

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Hi Ben,

This looks a really great stew and it has a wonderful warming colour. The black chickpeas sound really interesting too and I'll look out for them as I gently fry chickpeas with spices in olive oil as a healthy snack sometimes, so the black ones sound perfect for this. So thanks for sharing.

Jerry😊