Goodness, Wednesday dinnertime already? That was how I felt when I walked into the kitchen tonight, with honestly no idea what to cook. But I had boiled a batch of chickpeas yesterday, and we had a pound of kale in the fridge. Beans love greens and greens love beans, but how to make it interesting?
The answer I came up with was to roast the chickpeas in a very hot oven, with lightly smashed whole garlic cloves, olive oil, and some crushed dried Aleppo pepper… and to braise the kale in a bit of water until it was tender… and to make a bit of a ragout that would bridge the two. The ragout was a quick and dirty one, several onions caramelized with oil, with a handful of oil-packed anchovies, then the leftover half a can of diced tomatoes left over from Monday’s dinner. Simmered for a while, they made a lovely chunky sauce that went well with both the kale and the chickpeas.
I think I may make it again. On purpose, next time.
Garbanzos!
Deeeeeelish!!!!
Posted by esperanza on June 25th, 2010.