Mackerel with chickpeas

Well friends, today we bring you again a delight extracted from our Peruvian cuisine. We know how important it is to use time wisely, in our day to day, especially in those moments where work limits us to a small moment to be able to fill up energy and keep the body as healthy as possible. If you are one of these people or you are not even a lover of elaborate food, today we bring you an ideal recipe for you.

We know that the worries that surround our living every day make us think that it is impossible to obtain a balanced diet, and that eating in a healthy way requires a lot of time in the kitchen. Which leads us to go to small cravings, which get us out of trouble, but end up being unhealthy and sometimes making us sick.

Today we bring you a special recipe for you, since we know the indecision we go through when choosing what to eat, and most importantly how long it took us to do it, mackerel with chickpeas it is simple due to its preparation in a short time and it is super healthy. You will taste this delicious dish of an excellent fish, characterized by having a strong flavor and also having a firm consistency, which is mackerel. Being the protagonist on this day, it will be accompanied by a delicacy with a mild, but tasty flavor such as chickpeas.

What are you waiting for! Do not miss it, you will love it and it will fill your mouth with rich flavors, especially if you like seafood, it will be a great experience. And without further ado, let's get started.

Mackerel with chickpeas recipe

Ingredients

Preparation of Mackerel with chickpeas

In this recipe, the only thing that will take a little longer will be the chickpeas, try to prepare them in advance so that when you make your lunch, they will be easier for you in the kitchen.

To start you will do the following:

In a bowl or container you will place ½ kilo of chickpeas and you will add water, commonly three times as much water as chickpeas is placed. And you leave them to soak the day before, that is, from the night before, that's an approximate time of 8 to 12 hours.

Once the time has passed, in the same water we will transfer the chickpeas to a pot, it can be a pressure cooker or a traditional one, (the difference between the two is that in the pressure cooker it will take less time to cook the chickpea).

In the pressure cooker you let it cook for approximately 15 minutes over medium-low heat, (remember that after removing from the heat, you must wait 20-25 minutes for the pressure to drop and you can open your pot. You leave the traditional pot for approximately 1 hour or 1 hour and a half over medium heat, stirring constantly, at the end when they are ready you add salt to your liking, so that the chickpea skin remains tender and firm.

Then, in a pot you will add water with a little salt and let it boil, once the water is hot you will add ½ kilo of mackerel fish and you will leave it for a time of 2 minutes. Once the time has elapsed, you take it out and we begin to shred or fray the fish.

After, apart from what we have already prepared, we are going to peel and chop the 2 medium, very small tomatoes. Then we chop 1 large onion into small pieces or the size you like, in the same way we chop the pepper into slices, the food that we will use already chopped, we take a pan to which we will add oil (olive or vegetable, depending on your taste) and season with salt and pepper to your liking. Then we are going to place the fish and chickpeas already prepared in the dressing that we have been preparing. Adding a cup of water can be from the water left over from the chickpea, or where we boil the fish a little, and let it cook until the water is consumed and that's it.

We prepare to tie and beforehand, you are going to prepare ½ kilo of yellow potato, the ones that are ready we are going to cut into slices. And we place our preparation on a plate and we are placing the potato slices, we chop a little parsley and spread it on top, you can serve this delicious preparation with a reason of rice to your liking.

I hope it has served you, and you can share this delight with your friends and family. Have an excellent profit.

Tips for making a delicious

In addition to being a simple recipe, we want to give you some simple tips for a more delicious finish, and an alternative to prepare these delicious foods.

 Before placing the fish in the dressing, you can mix it or pass it through flour and if you have breadcrumbs it also works. This allows it to have a different flavor and a crunchy consistency when tasting.

If you love chili, instead of adding a pepper, you add a chili pepper or if you want both at the same time.

If you have chicken broth in your fridge, instead of adding boiled water, you add the broth and it will give it a stronger and more exquisite flavor. And it won't dull the flavor of the fish. 

And if you want to try another type of protein, you are free to do so. Since this recipe is universal in that aspect, adapting to the diverse tastes of each person.

If you like the tart flavor, add a little lemon juice to the fish before mixing it into the dressing, and let it sit for about 10-15 minutes.

When you let the chickpeas soak, you can add a little baking soda, that will make them ready to cook, in less time. And if you don't have the time to prepare them, we have the great help, that we can get them in the supermarket, already prepared in different presentations. It should be noted that they come in a can.

Eye! If you had added bicarbonate to the water with which you softened the chickpeas, discard that water after time and wash them very well.

And we love to make everything easier for you in the kitchen, so if you didn't have time to soak the chickpeas the day before, or you forgot. You will do the following, in a microwave container, remember very well it must be special for microwaves, you are going to place the chickpeas the amount you are going to use, you put water until the chickpeas overflows and on top you place or wrap it with paper to In the oven and with a fork you open a small opening, once this is done, you take it to the microwave for approximately 15 minutes, with the highest temperature. Then you take them out of the micro and let it cool and voila, they are ready to cook that same day.

Although, I hope these tips can help you in your recipe or preparation. We know that you are going to really enjoy the flavor it contains and that it is an ideal dish even to share on any other holiday. Do not forget to share these things with your friends and more with those who share the love for good taste and intense flavor, until the next friend.

Nutritional value

Good nutrition and having a balanced diet is not an easy task anymore; However, nothing good is easy, but as time goes by it becomes simple, because in these times many people have been interested in a healthier and more attractive body, so each of the ingredients, which is Recipe employees have vitally important properties and vitamins and we will explain it to you below:

Mackerel, in addition to having a prominent flavor, is also rich in different properties and has many benefits to take care of your body and health. Starting with the fact that it is an excellent ally to take care of our cardiovascular system, having high amounts of what we call fatty acids and omega 3, being a good contributor to maintaining healthy blood levels, reducing triglycerides and cholesterol.

In addition, it is a great stabilizer of your weight, this is because it does not contain carbohydrates but on the contrary, it has a high level of good quality proteins, while providing healthy and natural fats to our diet.

It contains necessary minerals, that is to say, very important to strengthen the immune system. One of them is selenium, which helps and protects the body from infections and damage caused by free radicals, helps in reproduction (in the formation of DNA) and also helps the proper function of the thyroid gland.

And finally, it is also rich in vitamins such as group B, with an emphasis on B12 and vitamins A and D. On the other hand, chickpeas have great extraordinary properties, that's right, apparently we can extract many healthy benefits by eating this delicious legume . It is an excellent vegetable protein, lowers the levels of bad cholesterol, vitamins of the type B1, B2, B9, C, E and K as well as minerals, which are iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium. Being essential to take care of the defenses of our appreciated body.