Lablabi (Middle Eastern Spicy Chickpea Stew)

Category: Salad

Cuisine: not set

Ready in 45 minutes
by Food52Recipes

Ingredients

2 pounds dry chickpeas

Salted water for soaking

12 cups filtered water

Fine sea salt

2 small onions peeled and left whole

12 to 15 peppercorns tied in a small piece of cheesecloth or placed in a teaball

2 fresh bay leaves twisted along their spines to crack them slightly

1 tablespoon cumin seeds

1 to 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds

1 chile Japones (dry hot chile)

5 to 6 fat cloves garlic smashed and minced

1 pinch fine sea salt

8 scallions, whites and about 3 inches of light green finely sliced

4 to 5 tablespoons olive oil

3 lemons

Sliced sun-dried tomatoes for garnish (I use Trader Joes packages because they are moist, but you could use oil-packed, drained)

Harissa for garnish

Rinsed salt-packed or vinegar-packed capers for garnish

Moroccan-style preserved lemon wedges diced, with or without pulp, for garnish

Fresh lemon wedges for garnish

Baguettes for serving


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