Spinach And Chick Peas With Bacon Recipes

SPINACH AND CHICK PEAS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Bring a 3-quart pot three fourths full of water to a boil. Add bacon and cook 2 minutes. Drain bacon and rinse in cold water. Pat dry and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces.
• Cook bacon in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until browned. Leaving bacon in skillet, spoon off all but 1 tablespoon fat. Add 2 tablespoons oil, chickpeas, and red pepper flakes to skillet and saut) over high heat, stirring occasionally, until chickpeas begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in spinach and garlic and sauté, stirring, until spinach is wilted. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil.

PASTA WITH SPINACH, CHICKPEAS, AND BACON

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to instructions on the box, minus a minute or two.
• When done save 1/2 cup of pasta water and drain the rest- keep in a colander.
• Pour the olive oil into a skillet over medium heat. . Add the bacon pieces and cook for 3 minutes or until they begin to render their fat. Toss in the garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
• Sprinkle in the red pepper flakes.
• Dump in chickpeas and stir to coat. Then add the spinach leaves, and cook until wilted. Season with a pinch of salt and add a half a cup or so of the pasta cooking water.
• When the spinach is wilted, add pasta to the pan with spinach and chick peas. Cook, stirring constantly, for a minute or two.
• Remove from the heat, sprinkle with cheese, and serve.
• I actually removed the bacon before eating, wanted to add the flavor but avoid some of the calories.

SPINACH AND CHICKPEAS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cut bacon crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces and cook in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until browned; leave bacon in skillet and spoon off all but 1 tablespoon fat.
• Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, chickpeas, and red pepper flakes; saute over high heat, stirring occasionally, until chickpeas begin to brown (3-4 minutes).
• Stir in spinach and garlic and saute', stirring, until spinach is wilted.
• Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil.

HOT CHICKPEAS WITH SPINACH & BACON

Steps:

• Cut the bacon rasher into shreds and cook in a hot non-stick pan with the garlic clove. Stir in the wine vinegar and chickpeas. Toss in the baby leaf spinach, stirring until wilted. Season if you want to, then serve hot.

GRAMIGNA WITH SPINACH, CHICKPEAS, AND BACON

Steps:

• Start heating 6 quarts of water with 1 tablespoon of salt in a large pot. (If it comes to a rolling boil while you are cooking the dressing, you can drop in the gramigna to cook at the same time or wait until you've added the spinach, as described below.)
• Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into the skillet, and set over medium-high heat. Strew the garlic slices in the oil, and cook for a couple of minutes, stirring. Scatter the pancetta or bacon strips in the pan, stir, and cook for 3 minutes or so, to render their fat. (If the pork is very lean and releases little fat, add more olive oil to the skillet.) Sprinkle in the peperoncino.
• When the pancetta is sizzling, dump in the chickpeas. Stir and toss them for a minute or so, then scatter the spinach leaves on top. Turn and toss as the leaves wilt in the heat. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt; ladle about 1/2 cup of boiling pasta water into the pan, and simmer the beans and greens for a couple of minutes. If the gramigna are not already cooking, turn off the heat and cover the skillet to keep the dressing hot until the pasta is ready.
• Boil the gramigna until al dente, lift the pasta from the pot, drain briefly, and drop into the skillet of ceci and spinach, which should be simmering. Toss together for a minute or two, or longer if necessary, until the gramigna are amalgamated with the dressing. If the dish is dry, ladle in a bit of hot pasta water from the cooking pot. If there's too much liquid, reduce by tossing rapidly over high heat.
• Take the skillet off the heat, toss the pecorino in, and drizzle a final flourish of olive oil over the gramigna. Serve right away.