{Versions & Verdicts} Elaine’s Lebanese-Inspired Marinated and Roasted Chickpeas and Potatoes
Chickpeas and potatoes marinated for 24 hours – so full of flavors, so tasty and insanely awesome!
I could literally eat this very single day!!! – Elaine
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I can’t predict things. Of course, I can’t. I am not a physic.
But I can feel that something will happen. Sometimes I can tell what it is and other times, not. It happened to me several times.
I will be going on a short break and will be in a place where internet connection has no assurance, so I wanted to be a co-host before that… but Angie somehow read thoughts over the clouds and here I am. It’s crazy, but I knew she’ll ask me if I want to choose my partner – she did. I was thinking about a certain person, but I thought of letting Angie decide. I was literally smiling when I replied “Anyone would do”. But honestly, (again) I knew she would choose Elaine. The next day, I mentioned Elaine’s name before I opened my email and Hiyaaaa! It’s Elaine!! 😀 Elaine is not only a fellow blogger, but a very good friend as well. And I am very blessed to have her around. <3
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I have mentioned somewhere that I have about 10 or 11 topics to write, and they already have their dates. And my V&V which features Elaine’s amazing recipe is scheduled also today. How awesome, yeah? I have already set the date even before Angie emailed me about co-hosting. 😉 And I am very thrilled!
On to the amazing, amazing recipe…
My mouth always waters when I see Elaine’s post. I must admit that she inspires me a lot to eat those fabulous foods. I am always in awe of her creativity and talent. The first time I saw her Lebanese Inspired Marinated and Roasted Chickpeas and Potatoes, I told myself I am going to make it. It took me some time and I regret that. I also love Selma’s take on it with chicken thighs, but I decide to make Elaine’s first.
Lebanese Inspired Marinated And Roasted Chickpeas and Potatoes
- Servings: 2-3
- Difficulty: easy
Ingredients:
- 400g floury potatoes
- 4 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 8 whole cloves garlic
- 75 ml olive oil
- 1.5 tsp soft brown sugar
- 2 tsp mayonnaise
- 2 tsp Harissa paste
- 1/2 tbsp tomato paste
- 400 g tin of chickpeas
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions:
- Peel your potatoes and cut them into chunks. Wash and drain. Drain the liquid from your chickpeas. Place them in a shallow dish.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients and mix very well. Tightly cover the dish. Place it in the fridge for 24 hours.
- Nexy day: preheat your oven to 360 F. Remove the lid/cover from the dish and replace with aluminum foil. Bake for 45 minutes. After completing the 45 minutes, bake uncovered for another 20 minutes or until the crips and lovely golden brown.
For the original recipe, kindly visit Elaine’s post. And for more mouth-watering recipes, please do take time to visit FoodBod. 😉
Oh my! This dish is insanely good! The flavors are just in balance and it’s really super tasty after the 24 hours marinating process. I strongly recommend this! 😉
What do you think, Elaine? Are you surprised? 😀
I hope you all loved my V&V for today and please don’t forget to link up. 🙂 Have fun at the party!
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57 Comments
Aruna Panangipally
This is so like the Lebanese Lablabi and a toned down Indian Chole. Either way, delectable!
Jhuls
Oh! I haven’t heard of those. They must taste awesome as well. 🙂
joylovefood
I love Lebanese flavors, this sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!
Jhuls
Thank you so much for stopping by, Joy. It’s nice to know that you love Lebanese flavors. 🙂
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Gerard Villanueva
Though I eat a lot of potatoes and a lot of chickpeas, I’ve never eaten them together in the same dish. Good idea! The flavors look wonderful!
Jhuls
I think this is the second time I made something with potatoes and chickpeas together. This is worth the try if you love both veggies. 🙂 Thanks, Gerard. 🙂
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Sarah 'n Spice
I love marinated chickpeas but have never made them myself. You’ve inspired me 🙂
Jhuls
You will love this, Sarah! Hope you could try it. 🙂
Corina
IT looks fantastic with all the little crispy bits on the potatoes and chickpeas! I love Elaine’s recipes too.
Jhuls
This is so fabulously good. Hope you could try it. 🙂
chefjulianna
Haha Jhuls! Great post and thanks so much for co-hosting! So funny, because I think physic-ness must be going around these days! I just made this recipe 2 days ago, only with the chicken thighs! It was just awesome!
Enjoy your time away! 😎
Jhuls
I think most of us are thinking about Selma and Elaine’s recipe, eh? 😀 I feel so good and smiling right now knowing that we are thinking alike. 🙂 I’ve missed you, Chef Julianna. I am well-behaved – don’t worry. 😀
Sarah Eliza
YUM! That looks delicious. Am I invited for dinner?? 😛 Found you via Totally Terrific Tuesday!
Jhuls
Of course!! 😀 Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Sarah James
What a fabulous recipe Jhuls, thanks for sharing. I just love the sound of spicy marinated chickpeas & potatoes, as soon as I can get hold of some floury potatoes I’m going to try this recipe 🙂
Jhuls
I hope you will love it as much as I did. Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
spiceinthecity
Goodness, that looks delicious Jhuls!!
Jhuls
Amazingly good, Naina. 😀 Thanks for stopping by.
Loretta
Aha so this is amazing Jhuls, we both thought of making the same dish albeit yours vegetarian and mine non-vegetarian. I’m glad we were both able to give credit to Elaine & Selma for sharing a great recipe with us. It looks gorgeous. Thanks again for co-hosting. 🙂
Jhuls
Hiyaa! Our dishes are both featured at FF#84. Isn’t it amazing? 😀
Embee
Hello, I found this on Happiness is Homemade! These look delicious! I am on a bit of a chickpea kick lately so I’ll have to give it a try. I’m also a big fan of lemon-y things 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Jhuls
Hello, Embee (?). I appreciate you stopping by. This dish is so tasty and really delicious. I hope you’ll love it as much as I did. 🙂 And it’s my pleasure. xx
nancyc
I love both chickpeas and potatoes, so this sounds really good to me!
Jhuls
So glad you liked this, Nancy. This is highly recommended for everyone to try. 😉
chef mimi
I can just taste this!! What a lovely and flavorful dish! I can’t wait to make it myself.
Jhuls
Thank you so much, Chef Mimi. This is indeed a very tasty dish. Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
Jhuls
Thank you, Lynz. I hope you’ll love it as much as I did. Have a fab week ahead. 🙂 xx
CakePants
Chickpeas and potatoes have both recently become somewhat of comfort foods to me…isn’t that a little strange? So naturally this caught my eye – it sounds delicious!
Jhuls
Hmmm, doesn’t sound strange to me at all. This is some kind of a comfort food to me as well. 🙂
cookingwithauntjuju.com
I have never cooked with chickpeas – I am not sure why. I agree with you about Elaine’s recipes – her pictures and yours too make me want to make everything. That veggie chop suey is more to my taste. Thanks for co-hosting this week – looks like you and Elaine are having fun as always 🙂
Jhuls
I started loving chickpeas because I was inspired by Elaine. This dish is so so good, Aunt Juju. The chopseuy, too. 😉
lapetitepaniere
I love love this dish, I could seriously eat a whole plate of it and more! 😀 Have a wonderful weekend! xx
Jhuls
Thank you so much, Linda. 😀 I wish you a lovely day! xx
Julie is Hostess At Heart
This looks just amazing. I haven’t cooked this combination yet, but drooled over Loretta’s recipe from Selma’s blog and Elaine’s recipe, and I’ve got to try it!
Jhuls
Loretta’s recipe has more sauce – no doubt you’ll drool over it because I did, too. 😀 Thanks, Julie. xx
Ginger
I’ve been toying with the idea of making this dish as I absolutely love chickpeas – and harissa – and, really, everything about this recipe. Thanks, Jhuls, for reminding me of it! YOu beautiful pictures really make me want to start right now!
Jhuls
Thanks, Ginger. You will absolutely love this dish. 😀
Natalie Browne
I’ve never thought to marinate chickpeas, though, I bet it’s amazing 🙂 This is a great idea for a vegetarian meal
Jhuls
I never thought of marinating as well. This is my first time and I was very happy that I tried this. 😀 Thanks, Natalie. xx
Kaila
You two are going to be the perfect team for this week’s fiesta! Thank you so much for co-hosting!! This dish is so vibrant and sounds like a beautiful blend of flavors! Happy FF, and have a wonderful weekend!
Angie
The famous chickpeas and potatoes! It really looks incredibly delicious. This could turn me into a vegetarian…for more than a day 😀 And you ARE psychic!
Jhuls
That’s what I thought, too, Angie. We could be vegetarian for a day or more. 😀 Thanks, Angie!! xx
Elaine @ foodbod
My darling, Jhuls, what a lovely post, you have brought tears of joy to my eyes 🙂 it’s lovely to co host with you and how wonderful that you are sharing my favourite dish too, I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Enjoy fiesta Friday, partner, lots of love x x x x
Jhuls
Thanks for sharing such fabulous recipe, Elaine. I loved it a lot. I will try it with cauliflowers next time. 😉 It was lovely to co-host with you, too. Have a lovely weekend. xx
Elaine @ foodbod
Thank you honey, and you xx
Ranjana@FlavorfulBakes
Jhuls, for some reason you have crossed my mind many times in the past week! Lol…(maybe it is because I love reading your posts but haven’t been able to find many veggie recipes in the recent past) 😛 ! I almost wasn’t going to blog today, but knowing that you are co-hosting this FF has motivated me to turn on the oven (keeping my fingers crossed that my experiment turns out well).
And I am sure that this dish tastes really good… It has all the right ingredients!
xoxo
Jhuls
Haha! If you are looking for something veggie, don’t expect to find a lot here. 😛
How sweet is that? But I don’t think I have seen your post. How was the experiment? 🙂
Ranjana@FlavorfulBakes
well, one can always hope 😛 the experiment was not good… planning on trying my hands on it again today… the pains of ‘not using eggs in baking’ I guess… Lol.. 😀
Jhuls
I guess so. 😛 Looking forward to the second time around. 😉
apuginthekitchen
Elaine’s recipes are always amazing, I have made Selma’s version with roasted chicken and the original and inspiration behind Selma’s great recipe is one I have to make soon.
Elaine @ foodbod
Thank you Suzanne xx
Jhuls
I remember your version, Suzanne. It was amazing. 🙂 I made Selma’s, too.
Thank you for stopping by. Happy FF. xx
Lynz Real Cooking
I have made something similar and this looks amazing! I will try this version yumm!
Jhuls
Thank you so much, Lynz. Glad you liked the dish. 🙂
Lynz Real Cooking
Very nice!