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Red Pepper Chickpea Pita Wrap

This red pepper chickpea pita wrap is a great meatless option! It’s filled with delicious Mediterranean inspired flavors. It’s also super quick and easy to throw together.

I love chickpeas, or garbanzo beans as they are often. They are a super quick, inexpensive and easy way to get a nutritious meal on the table in a short period of time. You can even save the liquid from the can and use it as a egg replacement!

I remember first trying garbanzo beans when I was at my friend’s house for dinner in 7th grade. They were from Spain and they made a dish with them in it. I thought they were so weird how they could be almost meaty in texture. My relationship with garbanzo beans or chickpeas has come a long way since those days and now I love them in lots of different dishes!

I use a red pepper paste in this dish, you can find it as a red pepper spread or Ajvar as it’s called in eastern Europe. It’s made with roasted red peppers, roasted eggplant, roasted garlic, oil, salt, pepper and splash of vinegar. I like to buy it premade. Trader joes sells it as well amazon and other grocers.

Here are some links to ones on amazon.

Here is a recipe to make at home:

Roasted red pepper and eggplant paste, also known as Ajvar

What you need to make this red pepper chickpea pita wrap:

Serves 2-4 people

Red pepper chickpeas:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 cup red pepper paste
  • 1 small red onion – minced
  • 1 – 15 ounce can garbanzo beans – drained
  • Pinch of salt

Pita fillings:

  • Cucumber – peeled and sliced
  • Feta – crumbled
  • Tomatoes – sliced
  • Pickled peppers (optional) – I love pepperoncini or banana peppers
  • Kalamata olives (optional) – pits removed
  • 3-4 Pitas or wrap of choice

Dill sauce

  • 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon dried dill
  • pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. In a pan, add olive oil, red pepper paste, red onions chickpeas and salt then cook until red onion is softened. Remove from heat and set aside.
  2. Mix together the dill sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
  3. Assemble a pita with chickpea and onion mixture, cucumbers, feta. tomatoes, pickled peppers and olives and add dill sauce on top then enjoy.
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Red Pepper Chickpea Pita Wrap

Delicious vegetarian pita wrap with roasted red pepper flavored chickpeas.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Dinner, main course, Mediterranean
Keyword: chickpea, Dinner, main course, vegetarian
Servings: 2 servings

Ingredients

For Red Pepper Chickpeas

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 cup red pepper paste
  • 1 small red onion – minced
  • 1 – 15 ounce can garbanzo beans – drained
  • Pinch of salt

For Pita Fillings

  • Cucumber – peeled and sliced
  • Feta – crumbled
  • Tomatoes – sliced
  • Pickled peppers optional – I love pepperoncini or banana peppers
  • Kalamata olives optional – pits removed
  • 3-4 Pitas or wrap of choice

For Dill Sauce

  • 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon dried dill
  • pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions

  • In a pan, add olive oil, red pepper paste, red onions chickpeas and salt then cook until red onion is softened. Remove from heat and set aside.
  • Mix together the dill sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
  • Assemble a pita with chickpea and onion mixture, cucumbers, feta. tomatoes, pickled peppers and olives and add dill sauce on top then enjoy.