Spicy Sauteed Chickpeas with Beef & Cilantro

30 Minute, Beef, Brunch

Ingredients

1 lb lean ground beef

EVOO

2 cans garbanzo beans drained & rinsed

2 cups chicken broth

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile powder

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1/2 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

Heat tsp EVOO in large deep frying pan over med high heat. Add beef, crumbling as you put it into the pan. Brown meat about 3 minutes, add garbanzos. Keeping heat high, sauté meat & garbanzos together until meat is well-browned & garbanzos are quite brown & starting to pop, about 10 minutes.

Add cumin, chili powder & minced garlic & cook a minute more. Add 2 cups chicken broth. Scrape bottom of pan to loosen any browned bits, season with salt & pepper. Reduce heat & simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5-10 minutes.

Turn off heat, stir in chopped cilantro & 1 T EVOO. Taste for seasoning & serve hot.

For brunch, serve topped with poached eggs.