Ratatouille and chickpea stew recipe is a twist on the classic traditional French Provencal stewed vegetable dish, ratatouille! This delicious gluten free and vegan recipe serves up to four!
Folks, it goes without saying nowadays and I know you don’t need me to tell you, as well as the government, the media etc. but we do need to eat much more vegetables in our diet, than we currently do.
That's where this delicious and simple vegan and gluten free ratatouille and chickpea stew comes it!
As I’ve mentioned previously, I personally favour the Mediterranean diet to help us do this, which I wrote about in my article on the myths and facts of fad diets.
Eating a diet rich in vegetables and fruits is proven to be a given if you want to attempt to live as long and as healthy lives as those folks in the countries of Greece, Spain and Italy for example.
Those folks practically live on fruit and vegetables,nuts, pulses, fish and very little red meat. They get a HUGE amount of nutrition and dietary fibre from what they eat.
This ratatouille and chickpea stew recipe contains 78% of your recommended daily dietary fibre and a whopping 159% of your daily Vitamin C!
I made my version of ratatouille, used in this recipe, last year in the ratatouille and tuna steak recipe recipe post. It’s completely versatile and can be frozen individually itself too.
For example, if you only need to make 2 portions of this ratatouille and chickpea stew recipe, just use half of the quantities from the chickpea stew part and you could use the leftover ratatouille in my other recipe or your own.
It’s all about planning ahead!
The red casserole pot, featured here in the main photograph, features prominently in a lot of my recipe photographs doesn’t it?
Well that’s because it’s quite possibly my favourite cooking pot. I use it for just about all of my recipes.
You can check out the details of the pot I use in the equipment list in the recipe card below.
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Ratatouille And Chickpea Stew Recipe
Make this ratatouille and chickpea recipe your own by adding or using up other vegetables you may have to hand!
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Ratatouille and Chickpea Stew Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
For the Ratatouille:-
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion sliced
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 3 slices medium courgettes sliced moderately finely then quartered
- 2 slices aubergines sliced moderately finely then quartered
- 4 roughly chopped medium sized ripe peeled tomatoes
- 1 red pepper core removed and cut into strips
- 3 tablespoon tomato puree
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
For the Chickpea Stew:-
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- One small onion sliced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 400 g can of chickpeas rinsed and drained
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped flat leaf parsley
Instructions
Make the Ratatouille:-
- In a large casserole dish / saucepan heat the olive oil.
- Sauté the onion and garlic for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Add the courgette and aubergine slices and cook with the onion and garlic stirring frequently for 3 – 4 minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and strips of pepper to the rest of the ingredients and stir frequently for 3 – 4 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato puree and season with salt and pepper. Go easy on the seasoning though.
- Cover pan; reduce the heat to a low setting and cook covered for 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally to make sure the mixture does not stick.
- Once completely cooked, season to taste.
Make the Chickpea Stew:-
- Heat the olive oil in a medium sized saucepan.
- Sauté the sliced onion until it is just soft, but has just a little bit of “crunch” left to it.
- Add the ratatouille, lemon juice and chickpeas.
- Combine and stir all the vegetables together well, warming thoroughly through.
- Serve on warmed plates garnished with the freshly chopped parsley.
GiGi Eats
Ratatoullie is most definitely one of my FAVORITE DISHES EVER!!!!!! 😀
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I'm absolutely there with you GiGi! 😀
It's just such an amazing combination of ingredients that all go so well together!
Debbie
This sounds really good. I love vegetarian versions of delicious food.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Debbie. I'm not a complete vegetarian, but I sure am a big believer in eating plenty of veggies, like in this recipe! 😀
Erin@BeetsPerMinute
I LOVE chickpeas so much these days, and this looks colourful and delicious! I've never done ratatouille before! Also, I like your message: Eat your veggies! It should be 10 a day at least, right? 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Me too! I LOVE chickpeas. I can't get enough of them. I can get 3 x 400g cans at the moment from Asda for £1. It may be getting to the stage where I'll need to start throwing out stuff in a cupboard just to be able to get more in. Lol
You would love ratatouille!
Eat your veggies! I think, as many as you like? 😉
Susie @ SuzLyfe
I love ratatouille! Love love love it. And great idea of turning it into a legitimate meal, as opposed to just eating your weight in it, like I usually do!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I'm seeing a lot of ratatouille love today, thanks Susie, and I'm loving it!
This veggie recipe is great with the Chickpeas but I think you would also love my other recipe with the tuna steaks and ratatouille, you being a seafood lover too! 😉
Kelly @ Laughter, Strength, and Food
This looks amazing...it looks so hearty and filling!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Aw thanks so much for your comment and taking the time to check out my recipe Kelly!
Because of all the Ratatouille love today, I feel I should go and make another batch straight away, and I wish I could send you all some! 😀
Rachel @ athletic avocado
mmm this looks so yummy! Love how you took ratatouille to a whole new level!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thank you Rachel. I just think that ratatouille can be such a versatile dish. I'm already on the search to see what else it goes well with. 🙂