Swiss Chard Recipe With Chickpeas

Looking for Swiss chard recipes? Here is another tasty and healthy Swiss chard side dish recipe, Swiss Chard Recipe With Chickpeas. The combination of a green vegetable with beans is great. Both Swiss chard and chickpeas are good for you, and together they make a tasty and healthy dish.

Here are two more Swiss Chard recipes: Swiss Chard Recipes, Chicken Taco Recipes With Mushrooms And Swiss Chard.

If you are looking for a simple side dish that is both great tasting, and uses both dark green vegetables and beans, then take a look at this simple Swiss Chard Recipe With Chickpeas. And if you use canned chickpeas, it will not take long to make this dish either.

To make this dish, saute chopped Swiss chard stems, then, after 5-7 minutes, add the chopped leaves and continue sauteing. Once the Swiss chard is cooked, add chickpeas and cook for a few more minutes, until the chickpeas are warm.

For this recipe you can use canned chickpeas, or you can cook your chickpeas. Here is a very easy recipe for How to Make Chickpeas.

Once the dish is done, you can add a bit more flavor to it by adding a bit of Extra Virgin Olive Oil to it right before serving.

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Ingredients For Swiss Chard Recipe With Chickpeas

1 pound of Red Swiss Chard
A Cup Of Cooked Chickpeas
2 tablespoons of Olive Oil
1 tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Salt
Fresh Black Pepper

How To Make Swiss Chard Recipe With Chickpeas

Wash Red Swiss Chard and trim it. Chop Red Swiss Chard on a cutting board, keeping chopped stems separately and chopped leaves separately.

Open the can of chickpeas and drain it. Wash the chickpeas and drain them again.

Heat up 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil on a saute pan. Add chopped stems of Red Swiss Chard and cook for 5-7 minutes. Then, add the chopped Swiss chard leaves, and continue sauteing until the Swiss chard is cooked. Add the chickpeas and cook for a few more minutes. Add salt and fresh black pepper to taste.

Arrange the Swiss chard with chickpeas on a plate and drizzle one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil on top.