Chicken And Chickpeas

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 boneless chicken breasts, cubed
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 2 teaspoons chinese five spice powder
• 1 teaspoon hot chili sauce or 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can chickpeas or 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can garbanzo beans
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 cup uncooked rice

Recipe

• 1 bring two cups of water to boil and add your rice. put the heat on low and cook for 25 minutes covered. season to taste.
• 2 after you have started your rice, heat the oil in a skillet and saute the chicken so that it gets crispy and brown on the sides.
• 3 add the garlic and saute with the chicken.
• 4 rinse and drain the chick peas. saute them for a minute or two with the chicken mixture.
• 5 add the tomatoes (with the juice).
• 6 add the chinese 5 spice and the hot sauce. simmer for 5 minutes uncovered so some of the liquid can evaporate.
• 7 serve chicken and chick peas on a bed of rice.
• 8 (you may want to "kick it up a notch" this is a mildly spicy dish which is suitable for kids.).