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Ingredients For This Recipe
Brown Sugar
The perfect little bit of sweetness. The brown sugar helps offset the spiciness and makes everything just deliciously rich.
Curry Paste
This recipe uses red curry paste. Any brand will work, but I usually opt for the Thai Kitchen brand that I can find pretty easily at my local grocery store.
Coconut Milk
Please, please use full-fat coconut milk in this recipe. The perfect thickness and sauciness!
Soy Sauce
We’ve got sweetness, we’ve got richness, we’ve got spiciness, and this is where the saltiness comes in!
Chickpeas
Just one can of chickpeas – my favorite easy plant-based protein.
Spinach
I love adding spinach to this for a little bit of veg. Other veggies you could use: green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, or carrots.
Cilantro
A sprinkling of cilantro finish everything off!
Rice
Heap this delicious mixture over a mound of fluffy rice, and that’s it!
Lindsay’s Notes
How it happened is that I asked my sister Steph what she’s been making for dinner lately, and she said, “I make that salmon recipe but I just use a can of chickpeas instead to keep it easy.” And now, if you ask me what I’m making for dinner lately, I’m going to say the exact same thing because okay wow that is very delicious and it only takes ten minutes.
STEPH FOR PRESIDENT!
This chickpea curry is, well, it’s everything. It’s cozy, it’s pantry-friendly, and maybe even a little elegant? *hair toss* even though it’s super super easy? It’s comforting without being heavy, nutritious without being boring, and beautiful without being high maintenance. I’m no stranger to a delicious chickpea curry, but this one takes it to the next level.
I came into this realization too late to include it in the photos here, but serving this with a little side of pickled cucumber salad (sliced cucumbers, sliced red onion, white vinegar, olive oil, salt, and sugar) is *chef’s kiss* SOS perfection. (I also love this little cucumber salad with these beef skewers. SO GOOD.)
With or without the cucumber salad, I can definitely say that swooping the wooden spoon leisurely through that luscious sauce, piling the saucy goodness of chickpeas and spinach over steaming rice, and then drizzling the chili crisp (affiliate link) over the whole thing… it’s definitely a living-my-best-life type moment.