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Cover image featuring a terracotta bowl filled with traditional Spanish chickpea and spinach stew (garbanzos con espinacas), garnished with spices and sherry vinegar in the background

Garbanzos con espinacas Recipe

Popular tapa in the South of Spain, especially in Seville, made with chickpeas and spinach.
Servings 2 people
Cook Time 30 minutes

Equipment

  • Knife
  • Chopping board
  • Frying Pan

Ingredients

  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 25 g Almonds skinless
  • 30 g Parsley
  • 1 Onion yellow
  • 1 tsp Cumin
  • 1 tsp Sweet Paprika / Pimenton de la Vera dulce
  • 1 can Crushed tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp Sherry vinegar
  • 600 ml Vegetable stock
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1 pinch Saffron
  • 500 g Boiled chickpeas
  • 100 g Spinach

Instructions

  • Peel the garlic
    Close-up of hands peeling garlic cloves on a wooden cutting board while preparing the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add to a frying pan with a little olive oil
    Close-up of garlic cloves frying in olive oil in a black pan on a stovetop during step 2 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters
  • Add the almonds
    Close-up of peeled almonds and garlic cloves frying together in oil in a black skillet during step 3 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Once browned, move to a food processor
    Close-up of transferring fried garlic and almonds from a pan into a small food processor bowl during step 4 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add the parsley and a little olive oil
    Close-up of adding fresh parsley and pouring olive oil into a food processor with garlic and almonds during step 5 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Mix into a paste
    Close-up of hands mixing the blended garlic, almond, and parsley paste inside a food processor bowl during step 6 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add the chopped onion into the pan
    Close-up of transferring chopped onions from a wooden cutting board into a pan with hot oil during step 7 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Once browned, add the cumin
    Close-up of adding ground cumin spice to sautéed onions in a pan during step 8 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add the paprika
    Close-up of adding Spanish paprika to sautéed onions in a pan during step 9 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add the canned tomatoes
    Close-up of pouring canned crushed tomatoes into a pan with sautéed onions and spices during step 10 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add the sherry vinegar
    Close-up of a bottle of Hacendado Sherry Vinegar (Vinagre de Jerez Reserva) on a wooden surface during step 11 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add vegetable stock, salt and pepper
    Close-up of pouring vegetable stock into a pan with the tomato and spice mixture during step 12 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add the saffron
    Close-up of holding a small dish of saffron threads above a simmering pan during step 13 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Add the almond and parsley paste
    Close-up of stirring the blended almond, garlic, and parsley paste into the simmering sauce during step 14 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
  • Mix in the chickpeas and the spinach
    Close-up of folding fresh spinach leaves and chickpeas into the rich simmering sauce with a spatula during step 15 of the garbanzos con espinacas recipe for Tapas Hunters.
Cuisine: Andalusian
Keyword: chickpeas, spinach, vegan recipe