White Wine Braised Chickpeas with Fennel & Kale

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Serves
3-4
Cook Time
25 minutes

This is really just a combo of my favourite things. Fennel, chilli, more fennel, chickpeas and wine (cheeky). It’s all about building flavour in the one pan then reducing things correctly. Make sure the wine is mostly reduced before going in with the stock or it’ll taste too “winey” rather than balanced.

This is really just a combo of my favourite things. Fennel, chilli, more fennel, chickpeas and wine (cheeky). It’s all about building flavour in the one pan then reducing things correctly. Make sure the wine is mostly reduced before going in with the stock or it’ll taste too “winey” rather than balanced.

Ingredients

For the chickpeas
  1. Olive oil |Generous drizzle|
  2. Banana shallots |2| finely sliced
  3. Fennel bulb |1| semi-finely sliced
  4. Red chilli |1| finely diced
  5. Fennel seeds |1 tsp| lightly crushed
  6. White wine |125ml|
  7. Vegetable stock |250ml| double concentrated
  8. Chickpeas |2 x 400g tins| drained
  9. Frozen edamame beans |200g|
  10. Parsley |Small bunch| roughly chopped
For the kale
  1. Curly kale |100g| tough stems removed, torn
  2. Extra virgin olive oil |1 tbsp|
  3. Salt and black pepper | |
To finish
  1. Soft boiled eggs |4| optional
  2. Extra virgin olive oil | | for drizzling

Ingredients

For the salad
Tofu
150g
Chickpeas
1 can (400g)
Green Lentils
100g
Spinach
150g
Almonds
2 tbsp
Tempeh
100g
Olive oil
1 tsp
Avocado
1
Chilli Flakes
Pinch

Method

Fry the aromatics
  1. Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan or shallow casserole over a medium high heat
  2. Add the fennel, shallots, chilli, fennel seeds and a pinch of salt
  3. Cook for 5–6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the shallots are soft and translucent
Deglaze
  1. Pour in the white wine and let it bubble for a few minutes until mostly evaporated, scraping up any bits stuck to the bottom of the pan
Braise the chickpeas
  1. Add the stock and chickpeas
  2. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered for 12–15 minutes, until the liquid has reduced by about half and turned glossy
  3. Season to taste
Massage the kale
  1. Meanwhile, put the kale in a bowl with the extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper
  2. Scrunch and massage with your hands for a minute or two until it softens and darkens slightly
Serve
  1. Spoon the braised chickpeas into bowls
  2. Pile the massaged kale on top along with the soft boiled egg if using

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