Ratatouille and Chickpea Stew

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.

A balanced, nutrient-rich diet full of plant-based foods is essential for overall well-being, supporting everything from digestion to heart health.

But with busy schedules and the temptation of easy to purchase processed foods from supermarkets, it can be challenging to find easy ways to eat more veggies.

That's where this delicious and simple vegan and gluten free ratatouille and chickpea stew comes it!

It's packed with healthy ingredients like tomatoes, courgettes (zucchini), bell peppers, and protein-rich chickpeas.

This easy ratatouille stew is a fantastic way for your body to get it's essential vitamins and minerals.

It shows how plant based recipes can be both satisfying and full of delicious  Mediterranean flavours.

Plus, it’s an easy one-pot meal, making it ideal for meal prep or a fuss-free weeknight dinner.

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

Deliciously tasty vegetarian stew where the chickpeas add protein to my variation of the classic traditional French Provencal stewed vegetable Ratatouille dish.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time2 hours hrs

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: French

Servings: 4

Calories: 362kcal

Author: Neil

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Equipment

• Casserole pot
• Saucepans
• Wooden spoon
• Kitchen scale
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knives
• Measuring spoons

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

Metric - US Customary

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.

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Notes

This dish is ideal for freezing.

Nutrition

Calories: 362kcal | Carbohydrates: 56.6g | Protein: 13.8g | Fat: 12.1g | Saturated Fat: 1.6g | Sodium: 887.1mg | Fiber: 19.4g | Sugar: 24.8g | Vitamin A: 700IU | Vitamin C: 131.2mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 3.1mg