Penne with Spinach, Chickpeas and Paprika
Penne with Spinach, Chickpeas and Paprika

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This Spanish-inspired chickpea stew gets deep flavor from fire-roasted tomatoes and a good dose of smoked paprika and garlic. Toasted panko and chopped smoked almonds sprinkled on just before serving add nice textural contrast. Don't use baby spinach in place of mature bunch spinach.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have penne with spinach, chickpeas and paprika using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Penne with Spinach, Chickpeas and Paprika:
  1. Prepare 16 oz mezze penne
  2. Prepare 9 clove garlic, diced
  3. Take 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
  4. Prepare 2 tbsp paprika
  5. Get 1/3 lb mushrooms
  6. Take 6 piece bacon
  7. Get 12 oz spinach
  8. Make ready 1 can chickpeas
  9. Take 1/3 cup cooking liquid from chickpeas or pasta
  10. Get salt and pepper

Adjust the salt and pepper, to taste. Add the chickpeas, tomatoes, pepper flakes (to suit your taste), and oregano,and paprika. Dump in chickpeas and stir to coat. Then add the spinach leaves, and cook until wilted.

Steps to make Penne with Spinach, Chickpeas and Paprika:
  1. Boil water, cook pasta till al dente. Drain. I fried my bacon and then sautéed the mushrooms separately. Chop bacon into bits and set aside with mushrooms to add to mix.
  2. While pasta is cooking sauté garlic in olive oil. (You can cook your mushrooms at this point with the garlic if you prefer) Before the garlic browns add the bacon, chickpeas, mushrooms and cayenne pepper and paprika
  3. Add the spinach in batches to wilt which should happen quickly. Then add the pasta with cooking liquid, toss quickly so pan doesn't dry.
  4. Serve with grated cheese.

Season with a pinch of salt and add a half a cup or so of the pasta cooking water. When the spinach is wilted, add pasta to the pan with spinach and chick peas. Cook, stirring constantly, for a minute or two. Remove from the heat, sprinkle with cheese, and. Oven-roasting canned chickpeas (a.k.a. garbanzo beans) enhances their texture and infuses them with flavor.

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