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Moroccan Chickpeas and Sweet Potatoes
photo by MA HIKER
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
- 2 tablespoons red wine or 2 tablespoons cooking sherry
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
- 1 cup water (or chickpea cooking liquid)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces (1 1/2 pounds)
- 1⁄4 cup diced dried apricot
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas
- 1⁄4 cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄4 cup sliced almonds, toasted in a dry skillet
directions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the onion, garlic, ginger, and wine or sherry.
- Cover and sweat over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Add the cumin, cinnamon, paprika, and red pepper flakes and cook, uncovered, 1 minute longer.
- Add the water or chickpea cooking liquid, salt, sweet potatoes, and apricots.
- Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until the sweet potatoes are just tender, about 15 minutes.
- Add the chickpeas, raisins, and lemon juice.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes, until the chickpeas are hot.
- Add the sliced almonds.
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Reviews
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This was SO good. We left out the apricots (didn't have any) and the almonds (forgot to add them); otherwise we followed the recipe as written. It's such a nice combination of sweet, spicy, and sour. I thoroughly enjoyed the leftovers the next day, too. We served this over brown rice, by the way. Thanks for sharing this!
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Substituted dried cranberries for the dried apricots and it turned out to be a delicious and colorful addition to our Christmas dinner. I love that there is no added fat. This tasty dish received great reviews and requests to make sure it appears on our dinner table again soon. Seasoning was just right with a bit of kick to make the sweet potatoes stand out. So much better than the marshmallow covered glop that the healthy sweet potato is subjected to on the holiday dinner table!
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Substituted dried cranberries for the dried apricots and it turned out to be a delicious and colorful addition to our Christmas dinner. I love that there is no added fat. This tasty dish received great reviews and requests to make sure it appears on our dinner table again soon. Seasoning was just right with a bit of kick to make the sweet potatoes stand out. So much better than the marshmallow covered glop that the healthy sweet potato is subjected to on the holiday dinner table!
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This recipe is tasty, very satisfying, and looks beautiful. I like the idea of sweating the onions, garlic and ginger to reduce fat calories. I didn't have all ingredients on hand, so used a red onion, cayenne pepper in place of the flakes, and dried cranberries instead of the apricots. I also had baked my potatoes earlier and just added them without bringing to a boil. Really delicious!
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.