I try to eat legumes at least 3 times a week and chickpeas are my favorite one. Although I could live on hummus or falafel, I’m always trying new recipes and one day I tried to use them instead of the rice or noodles I usually used to make my stir-fry recipes and this amazing dish came to life!
I use different veggies every time I make it, depending on the season, what I’ve got on hand or what I’m craving (love my vegan food so much!). As I always say, don’t be afraid to change our recipes, especially the savory ones, they work most of the times. ?
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Tips:
- Feel free to use rice, pasta or any other cereal or legume instead the chickpeas.
- You can also use other sauces like tamari or soy sauce, sweet and sour sauce, or any other you’ve got on hand.
Chickpea and Vegetable Stir Fry
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 10 mins
- Total: 15 mins
- 2-4 1x
- Main dish
- Vegan, Asian
Servings 2-4 1x
Have you ever tried to make a stir-fry recipe using chickpeas? I used rice or noodles before, but I’m in love with this chickpea and vegetable stir-fry now.
Ingredients
- 1/2 red onion, julienned
- 1/2 red bell pepper, julienned
- 8 Brussels sprouts, quartered
- 1 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained (400 g)
- Sesame seeds (optional)
For the sauce:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4–1/2 cup soy sauce or tamari
- 2 tbsp coconut or cane sugar
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- Sriracha sauce to taste
Instructions
- Pour some boiling water into a wok and cook the veggies over high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain them and set aside.
- Place all the ingredients of the sauce in the wok and cook them over medium-high heat for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
- Add the veggies and the chickpeas and cook over medium-high heat for another 2 minutes.
- Serve with some sesame seeds on top.
Notes
- Nutritional info has been calculated by using 1/4 cup of soy sauce. Sriracha sauce is not included.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 of the recipe
- Calories: 234
- Sugar: 4.4g
- Sodium: 1209mg
- Fat: 1.3g
- Saturated Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 32.9g
- Fiber: 6.5g
- Protein: 7.6g
DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?
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Delicious and easy! I doubled up on the recipe and used maple syrup instead of sugar.
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Sounds so good Shaelyn 🙂 Have a nice day!
I think next time I might roast the chick peas or use tofu. It’s an easy recipe though and not bad at all. The sauce thickened up just right.
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Hi Jenny! Thanks for your comment 🙂