Mexican-style potato and chickpea bake
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
Total Time
55 minutes
Background
This Mexican-style potato and chickpea bake is a simple vegan dish perfect for midweek suppers, You can use leftover boiled potatoes or precook the potatoes – then the dish will be quick and easy to make. For vegetarian version you can top it with soured cream or grated cheese. Serve it with a crispy salad.
Ingredients
- 500g potatoes
- 1 onion
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 tin chickpeas, drained
- 1 handful baby tomatoes
- 5 Tbsp sweet corn ( from tin)
- ½ red pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ¼ tsp chilli flakes
- 300 ml passata
- Water
- Salt &pepper
Instructions
- Put the potatoes in a pan of water. Bring to the boil, then cook for 15 minutes. Drain, let the potatoes cool, then cut them into 5mm thick slices.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Cut the onion into thin rounds. Finley chop the garlic. Cut the tomatoes in half, the red pepper into slices.
- Lightly grease a baking dish with oil and create a layer of potatoes, then arrange the onion, red pepper, tomatoes, sweetcorn and chickpeas on top.
- Drizzle with half of the oil and scatter the garlic over the dish, then dust with the spices and salt & pepper. Pour over half of the passata.
- Add the rest of the potatoes, drizzle with the remaining oil & cover with passata, then season with salt & pepper.
- For a vegetarian version you can cover the top with sour cream, grated cheese, ricotta (or cream cheese). .
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until golden, then serve.
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Categories
- Meal Type: - Bake - Budget - Everyday - Leftovers - Lunch - Main - Supper
- Cuisines: - Mexican
- Occasions: - Sports Food
- Ingredients: - Other Pulses - Roots & Bulbs
- Health and Diet: - Dairy Free - Egg Free - Gluten Free - Healthy - High Fibre - Nut Free - Sugar Free - Vegan
- Skill Levels: - Easy
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