Baked Eggs with Chickpeas
If you like chickpeas and spinach then this dish is for you. Baked Eggs with Chickpeas is a hearty and satisfying vegetarian dish that bakes in just one dish and will be ready in less than 30 minutes!
This delicious and healthy chickpea spinach egg dish can be served as brunch or dinner.
If you are looking for similar recipes with eggs to make for breakfast, try Mexican Baked Eggs and Sunny Side Up and Feta Cheese.
Yield: Serves 2
- 2 large eggs
- 1 bunch spinach, about 300 g, chopped
- 1 can (398 ml) chickpeas, drained
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons sumac
- 1/3 cup crumbled Feta cheese
- salt and black pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Heat the cooking oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add spinach and cook over medium-high heat until spinach is wilted.
Then add the chickpeas, turmeric, sumac, cinnamon, salt and pepper to taste. Cook until the liquid is almost gone.
Remove from heat. Add the sun-dried tomatoes and stir.
Spoon the mixture into an even layer in a casserole dish. Drizzle olive oil over the mixture.
Carefully crack the eggs over the mixture. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the egg white is mostly set and the yolk is a little runny. Remove from oven and let cool for about 3 minutes, then sprinkle with Feta cheese and serve.
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@Cam, Hi, It is not like Shakshuka but it tastes very good :)
Is this similar to ShakaSuka? Sounds amazing i will have to give this one a shot.