Vegetarian Recipe ⇉ Ratatouille with Chickpeas

Ratatouille is a great dish to make when you have fresh summer vegetables.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced
• 3 tomatoes, cored and diced
• 1 (13.5 ounce) jar tomato and olive pasta sauce (such as Papayiannides® Tomato & Olive & Ouzo Sauce)
• 2 Japanese eggplants, diced
• 2 zucchini, diced
• 1 (14 ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
• ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until very fragrant, about 1 minute. Reduce heat to low; stir onion and bell peppers into garlic. Cover pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion softens, about 5 minutes. Remove lid; cook and stir until all liquid has evaporated and onion begins to brown, about 2 minutes.
2. Stir tomatoes into onion mixture; cover and simmer until tomatoes release their liquid, about 5 minutes. Stir tomato sauce, eggplant, zucchini, chickpeas, parsley, basil, and thyme into tomato mixture; season with salt and pepper.
3. Cover pot with a lid; cook until vegetables are tender, about 40 minutes. Remove lid and simmer ratatouille, uncovered, until thick, about 5 minutes; adjust salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition Facts

• calories427
• carbohydrateContent65.8 g
• cholesterolContent1.9 mg
• fatContent15 g
• fiberContent20.2 g
• proteinContent12.4 g
• saturatedFatContent2.4 g
• sodiumContent751.8 mg
• sugarContent22.8 g