Warm chickpea, chorizo & pepper salad

Warm chickpea, chorizo & pepper salad

A rough-and-ready salad bursting with Mediterranean flavours - great as a starter or main

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 - 15 mins

Method

  1. Cut the chorizo into 3cm thick slices. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Cook the chorizo for 4-5 minutes, turning occasionally until the edges start to crisp and it has released its red oil.
  2. Tip the chickpeas into the pan and cook for a couple of minutes until hot. Add the peppers and cook for a few minutes until everything's juicy. Remove from the heat, stir in the coriander, ladle into two bowls and top each with a spoonful of yogurt.
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Give it a twist

Replace the chickpeas with canned butter beans or cannellini beans, or try replacing the peppers with a jar of grilled aubergine slices. You could also omit the chickpeas completely and serve this as a meaty sauce for pasta.

Per serving

629 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 45 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 7g, salt 3.61 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2004.

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  • 26 February 2008

    Biljana rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    It takes ten minutes to do this and it certainly makes you into cooking goddess! Kids love it! Brilliant dish for midweek rush!

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  • 19 May 2008

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very Nice.

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  • 17 September 2008

    stefania rated and commented on this recipe

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    Excellent!

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  • 08 November 2008

    Jacqueline Boux rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty. Would probably use a slightly less Chorizo next time as it is quite oily.

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  • 28 January 2009

    Speckled Egg rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is nice but a few too many chickpeas for me! The second time I cooked it I halved the chickpeas and chucked in a tin of chopped tomatoes and some mushrooms. I served it with mashed potato. It was lovely!

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    26 February 2009

    Co rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very nice, we all loved it. Although you don't need to fry chorizo in oil as it releases a lot on its own, and then you get extra oil from the peppers!

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  • 09 July 2009

    kasia rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    make it all the time, its a great salad!!! depending what ive gor in my fringe, i put some chopped fresh peppers, fresh chilli. lots of parsley, lemon juice. some feta cheese on top. YUM YUM!!! if i want it as a main meal i just chuck lots of mixed leaves underneath. works perfectly!

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  • 12 July 2009

    Lukash Beeharry rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, I slow roast my own peppers with other vegetables, garlic and chilli's (whatever the house gives really). No need to add as much oil as suggested in the recipe, a squeeze of lemon juice to finish really lightens the dish. Super easy and quick quick quick!

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  • 04 August 2009

    Sascha rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    What a find!. I put the chorizo in the pan without oil and still had to drain it on kitchen paper, the rest works perfectly. I also followed the tips of Kasia for parsley and lemon juice. The whole thing is great on a picnic too.

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  • 04 August 2009

    KatyCooks rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Hm, not so keen on this one. Admittedly I strayed from the original recipe. I added some chilli flakes and a tin of tomatoes which I think worked well. I also halved the amount of chickpeas and added some mixed beans. I didn't put any oil in the pan as the chorizo is oozing with it (and I had to pour a fair bit off). However, where it all went wrong for me, was substituting feta cheese for the yoghurt. The feta made it far too salty and rich, whereas the yoghurt would have cut through the richness and lightened the dish. So, give it a whirl but stick with the yoghurt if you don't like things too salty! Or maybe try adding lemon juice as has been suggested.

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  • Binder photo jax

    16 August 2009

    jax rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    No need to fry the chorizo in any oil as it gives off a lot of its own. I cooked it slightly, then added some sliced onion into the cooked chorizo, fried it off and drained off some of the oil before adding the rest of the ingredients. The end result was delicious though, and so quick and easy!

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  • 26 March 2010

    Elizabeth rated this recipe

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  • 09 June 2010

    Mash rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Why do all these recipes seem to contain chorizo (sausage basically) or bacon? What is it about veggies that chefs have got against making perfectly easy vegetarian meals and then bunging pig or whatever in them. At least they are easy to re-design for our subversive culinary purposes ;-)

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  • 27 August 2010

    VickiHazael rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious, we just made this for lunch. Wish I'd have read the comments first as it could have done with a squeeze of lemon juice to freshen it up a bit. Will definitely try this again.

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  • 11 July 2011

    Justabeena commented on this recipe

    Cooked this as a tapa dish for a Spanish night....it was fab. Definitely don't need to cook in oil.

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  • 15 January 2013

    David G rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick, easy and delicious. Just one small point - I think the chorizo should be cut into 3mm slices. 3cm is over an inch! Unless he/she is joking, Mash's comment is pretty silly. What else do you expect to find in a recipe called warm chickpea, chorizo and pepper salad? There are plenty of vegetarian recipes on this site and elsewhere on the web for those who want them.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 - 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 200g chorizo
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 410g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
  • 250g jar roasted mixed peppers , drained and roughly chopped
  • handful coriander leaves, chopped
  • 2 tbsp natural yogurt
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Per serving

629 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 45 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 7g, salt 3.61 g

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