Sweet & Sour Chickpeas

Ingredients

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  ¼ cup or 50g

• Vinegar

  Cider

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Rice wine vinegar

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Ketchup

  1 ½ tbsp or 23g

• Soy sauce

  Regular sodium, Shoyu

  2 tsp or 11g

• Garlic

  Raw

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Coconut oil

  1 tsp or 5g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 cloves, minced or 9g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  ½ medium or 60g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  ½ medium or 60g

• Broccoli

  Raw

  1 cup chopped or 91g

• Chickpeas

  (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned

  15 oz or 425g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Cornstarch

  2 tsp or 5g

Directions

1. Mix sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic powder, 2 tbsp water in a bowl and set aside.
2. Heat oil over medium high heat in a large skillet. Add minced garlic and cook for 2 minutes or until translucent. Add chopped peppers and mix in. Cover and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add the chopped broccoli and mix in. Cover and cook for 1 minute. Add the chickpeas, sauce ingredients, a generous dash of salt, black pepper and cayenne. Reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Taste the sauce carefully and adjust to preference. Add more sour, sugar or salt.
5. Mix cornstarch in room temperature water and add the mixture to the pan. Mix in. Cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the sauce thickens. Enjoy!