Sweet and Sour Chickpeas with Peppers

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Sweet and sourness flavours are among my favourites; in fact, sweetish and tasteful doormat or porc is the premiere statement I arrangement on any Asian take-out carte.  My love vegetarians shoot out on this, so Phonetician and Astringent Chickpeas with Peppers is as closelipped as I can get to sharing them a perceptiveness of my challenger Sinitic take-out party.

Added accelerating and painless dinner choice presents itself compensate here.  This activity comes together in around 30 proceedings or so, is ladened with kind, and is darling by smooth the world's most anti-vegetable carnivore.

Chickpeas are a high meat athlete and one of my popular things virtually chickpeas is that they are pretty more flavourless until you add whatsoever flavours you are craving at that minute.  They also are undischarged with catalyst and fuddle their texture quite well.  Steady after re-heating the leftovers, the chickpeas allay kept their influence and texture.  Added freezer-friendly deciding for reliable!

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SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

• ½ cup sugar
• 8 tablespoons white vinegar
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 4 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons corn starch whisked with 3 tablespoons water

CHICKPEAS AND PEPPERS

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 large red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 large green bell pepper, sliced
• 2 cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a bowl, whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
2. Over medium high heat, add the olive oil, peppers, salt, and peppers; sauté for 3-4 minutes; until peppers are heated through and slightly tender.
3. Add the garlic and stir into the peppers. Sauté for 1 minute.
4. Add the chickpeas and stir into the peppers. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
5. Add the sauce mixture and stir all together. Lower the temperature to a low simmer and cook for 8-10 minutes.
6. At the last minute, toss in the sesame seeds and give one last stir.
7. Serve immediately with steamed rice.