Middle Eastern Macaroni 'N Garbanzos
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
8 cups
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 12 ounces corkscrew macaroni or 12 ounces elbow macaroni
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 -3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
- 1⁄2 cup green pepper, diced
- 1⁄4 cup loosely packed fresh parsley leaves, , I use 1 1/2 Tbsp. dried (, I use 1 1/2 Tbsp. dried)
- parsley sprig (to garnish) (optional)
directions
- In large saucepot, cook pasta according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, in nonstick skillet, heat olive oil and margarine or butter over medium heat until hot and melted.
- Add onion and green pepper and cook 15 min.
- or until tender, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in garlic, salt, cumin, coriander, allspice, and black pepper and cook 1 min.
- Add tomatoes and garbanzo beans; heat to boiling over medium-high heat.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Drain pasta; return to saucepot.
- Toss garbanzo mixture with pasta and heat through.
- Mix in parsley.
- Garnish with additional parsley to serve, if desired.
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Reviews
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When I tasted the recipe just after adding the tomatoes and beans, I thought that the tomato flavor was too strong. But after it had cooked for five minutes, the spice flavors were absorbed and the tomato flavor was just right for my taste. I'll definitely make this again. It is very easy and takes almost no preparation time.
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Yummy, though the crushed tomatoes dominated the taste much more than I expected. I'd like to try this with a smaller can of diced tomatoes, rather than the larger can of crushed, so that the other flavors can shine -- I tripled the spices and the sauce still tasted more of tomatoes than I'd prefer.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Manda
Glen Burnie, MD
I am a single gal, living on my own; currently working as an Occupational Therapist & living in Cumberland, MD. (It is "God's Country" out here...beautiful!) I LOVE to cook and bake, and love anything that looks, tastes, smells, or even closely resembles a veggie. I LOVE moo-cows, and therefore, cannot bring myself to eat any part of the adorable critters (i.e. NO RED MEAT!!)
I love the outdoors, and pride myself on being the master griller on the fire pit.
My mother's side of the family is 100% Polish, so I have an inborn passion for cooking...unfortunately, along with that comes a love of eating, too!! But, hey..u only live once, so I say "EAT, DRINK, and BE MERRY!!!"