Baked chickpeas with tomato sauce and sausage

Delicious chickpeas baked in the oven with a tasty sausage.

INGREDIENTS:
• 2 cups chickpea
• 2 large onions 
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 green bell pepper
• 2 large tomatoes
• 15 sprigs of parsley
• 1 tbsp. tomato puree
• some tomato juice
• 1 medium sized sausage
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp. baking soda
• salt and pepper

• oil

PREPARATION:
Leave the chickpeas overnight in water to soak.

 Next day wash them, add the soda and mix well

so it goes everywhere, wash again and then add them in a pot with some water to boil on a low heat for 15-20 minutes.

Strain the water and pour the chickpeas in a baking pot that has a lid.

Continue by adding some oil to a pan and sauté the onions, garlic, peppers and sausage, all cut in slices.

Mix the ingredients in the pan well and then add the tomatoes, the tomato juice and puree and stir,

in the end add the parsley, bay leaves and sprinkle some salt and pepper.

Let them boil on a low heat for 2 minutes and then pour the mixture over the chickpeas and mix so that the combine together in the baking pot. Complete by adding some oil and water.

Cover the pot and slowly bake in the oven for about an hour, depending on the oven. Just before it’s done, remove the lid so it gets some color if you like so.

GOOD LUCK!!!