Monday, September 5, 2011

SPICY CHICK PEA SALAD

My new favorite must have ingredient is the pepperoncini.  I love it.  Love it.  It's tangy, has some nice heat, it's pickled. Everything about it works.   It is the star of sauces and now it is showing up in much of what I cook.  This is a nice little chick pea dish that works as an appetizer or a salad that you could easily add to and make a hearty meal. 

-2 cups garbanzo beans, rinsed, drained
-6 pepperoncini, seeded and chopped
-1 tbsp parsley, chopped
Mix these ingredients together

-1 clove garlic, minced to paste
- juice of 1 lemon
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
-pepper
Blend in to dressing.  Add to garbanzo beans.

This can be served as a bruschetta, or as a salad.  As a salad, the following ingredients are a nice addition

-halved cherry tomatoes
-thinly sliced fennel
-chopped persian cucumber
-tsp crumbled feta

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