One Pot Pasta with Chickpeas

One-pot pasta with chickpeas uses simple ingredients but tastes so good. Easy to make in about 40 minutes so it’s a great weeknight meal. 

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Fall is the perfect time for an easy meal like this one-pot pasta and chickpeas.  This healthy recipe is fast to throw together and the flavor is wonderful.  It makes an easy weeknight dinner or an excellent casual meal for company.  Serve it with your favorite dry white wine, a green salad, and good bread. If you have time, you could make my French baguette recipe.

Why This Recipe Works

This is comfort food where pasta and chickpeas are starch on top of starch. A little pancetta for richness. Throw in some tomato for color and lemon juice for freshness.

The great flavor is due to lots of garlic as well as the umami from the tomatoes and anchovy paste that increase the richness of this simple recipe; the slightly overcooked chickpeas and starch from the pasta make it creamy.

One of the best things about this recipe is that there’s no mincing involved–just pulse the vegetables in your food processor.  We own two food processors, and I used the small Kitchen Aid, but the larger model like this (#ad) Cuisinart would work fine, too.

A big enameled dutch oven is perfect for making this one-pot pasta and chickpeas stew.  Mine is a 6 quart Lodge and we use it all the time for making soups and stews, and meat browns beautifully in it.  The enameled surface cleans up easily too.   If you don’t have a dutch oven, Lodge makes a very nice one that is economical.  They come in different colors too so you don’t have to get Caribbean blue as I have.  The Lodge brand is a very good buy.

You can make this economical and satisfying dish in just over thirty minutes and it makes about 8 servings so there may be some great leftovers that will easily reheat in the microwave.  The aromas that fill your house will have family and guests demanding to eat NOW.  Give this a try.  It’s delicious.

And here are some more tasty pasta recipes to try:

Pesto Pasta with Broccoli and Tomatoes

Homemade Fettuccini

Cold Pasta Salad

Baked Feta Pasta

Linguini with White Beans Pasta

One-Pot Pasta and Chickpeas

Delicious easy meal made in one-pot.

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Course: Pasta stew

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: chickpeas and pasta, pasta with chickpeas

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 27 minutes

Total Time: 37 minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 328kcal

Author: Joe Boyle

Ingredients

• 2 oz , pancetta, chopped (or substitute smokey bacon)
• 1 small carrot , coarse chopped
• 1 small celery rib , coarse chopped
• 1 small onion , coarse chopped
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 14- oz . can whole plum tomatoes , drained and liquid discarded
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp anchovy paste
• 2 tsp minced fresh rosemary (1 tsp. dried rosemary)
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 15- oz cans chickpeas with liquid
• 2 cups water
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 8 oz . ditalini pasta
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (juice from 1/2 lemon)
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• grated parmesan cheese for garnish

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Instructions

• In a food processor, place the pancetta and puree, about 30 seconds, scraping down sides when necessary.
• Place the chopped carrot, celery, and garlic cloves in the processor with the pancetta and pulse 8 to 10 times.
• Add the chopped onion and pulse again until finely minced.
• Place the pancetta and vegetables in a dutch oven or other 6-quart stock pot and add the olive oil. Cook the olive oil and pureed mixture on medium heat, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Then, add the anchovy paste, rosemary, and pepper flakes and cook another minute.
• While the vegetables cook, place the drained whole tomatoes in the food processor and pulse until finely chopped, but not pureed.
• Next, add the chopped tomatoes, chickpeas, and their liquid, water, and salt, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add pasta and cook until softened, about 11 minutes
• Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice and parsley.
• Serve hot with grated parmesan and more parsley if desired.

Notes

1. Leftovers can be stored, covered in the refrigerator for 2 days.
2. Reheat in a microwave or in a saucepan on the stove, adding a bit of water to loosen the stew.

Nutrition

Calories: 328kcal