Vegetable Stir Fry with Chickpeas

If you made a promise to yourself to eat more veggies (or less meat) this year, put this Vegetable Stir Fry with Chickpeas on your menu rotation! It's a quick, one pan dish that's ridiculously easy to make and full of flavor and crunch!  

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My sister works about five minutes away from our house, so we spend a lot of lunches together.  Sometimes I cook, sometimes she brings lunch over for us.  Because of our lunches, I've learned a lot about plant based meals.  Last year, my sister went on a plant based diet and reintroduced it to me after the holidays.

One of the first plant based dishes that we ate together was a vegetarian stir fry that she made.  It had broccoli, carrots, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and snap peas in it.  But the one ingredient that was really unexpected (and pretty darn brilliant) was chickpeas!

The only vegetarian stir fries I've ever had were made with tofu.  In fact, tofu was the main protein in most of the vegetarian dishes I've eaten.  Now, I'm a girl who doesn't mind the taste and texture of a good, firm tofu.  In fact, I actually enjoy it!  But chickpeas are my jam!  I buy club-sized cases of them just so we never run out!

I love putting them in salads, quinoa, eating them as a crunchy snack, and of course, turning them into homemade hummus.  But up until now, I had never thought of adding them to a stir fry!

So a couple weeks ago, I got a craving for Chinese food.  Instead of hitting up the takeout menu, I decided to make my sister's plant based stir fry and invited her back over for lunch.  It hit the spot, it was filling, and it was a delicious way to use up some of the veggies sitting in my fridge!

This stir fry gets a big boost of flavor from garlic, onion, ginger, and a splash of coconut aminos added at the end of cooking.  It has a ton of satisfying crunch and a ton of colorful veggies!  I promise that you won't even miss the meat!

Vegetable Stir Fry with Chickpeas

Jessica

If you made a promise to yourself to eat more veggies (or less meat) this year, put this Vegetable Stir Fry with Chickpeas on your menu rotation! It’s a quick, one pan dish that’s ridiculously easy to make and full of flavor and crunch!

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Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1/2 tbsp fresh ginger minced
• 1/3 cup onion chopped
• 1 cup carrot chips halved
• 3 cups broccoli florets chopped
• 1 red bell pepper. sliced
• 1 cup mushrooms sliced
• 1 - 15 oz. can chickpeas rinsed and drained
• 3 tbsp. coconut aminos or low sodium soy sauce
• Sesame seeds for garnishing

Instructions

 

• Heat olive oil in a wok over medium heat.
• Add garlic, ginger, and onion and cook until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.
• Add the carrots and cook for 2 minutes.
• Then, add the remaining vegetables and chickpeas to the wok and stir fry about 8 minutes.
• Stir in the coconut aminos and stir fry for 3-4 more minutes.
• Then, sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over brown rice, if desired.

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I turned this stir fry into lunch bowls by spooning it over some brown rice that I cooked in veggie broth.  You can easily turn this dish into easy meal prep for the week by doing the same.  Don't forget to add an extra splash of coconut aminos or a little Sriracha!

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