Healthy Food

Sesame Roasted Greens & Chickpeas

August 15, 2024
Ibrahim

Are you prepared to your new favourite veggie dish? Good, me too. I’ve been dreaming up a option to incorporate tender roasted greens with a creamy, flavorful sauce as a result of ya lady’s simply on a sauce kick proper now.

These sesame roasted greens first get tossed and roasted in a candy and spicy sauce (that you just’ll need to use for your entire veggies and stir-frys), then plated over essentially the most unimaginable garlic tahini yogurt sauce. OMG this stunning platter is love at first chew. Prime all the things with any recent herbs you could have kind your backyard or lurking in your fridge, and scoop up these veggies with heat pita or put them over rice.

The choices are countless, and you already know I included tons of how to take pleasure in these veggies beneath!

sesame roasted vegetables with chickpeas on a plattersesame roasted vegetables with chickpeas on a platter

Every part you’ll must make these sesame roasted greens

Tender veggies, protein-packed chickpeas, lick-the-plate good sauce, what extra may you need? Right here’s what you’ll must make these sesame roasted greens and chickpeas:

  • Chickpeas: you’ll roast the rainbow of veggies with a full can of chickpeas for a scrumptious enhance of protein.
  • Greens: we’re roasting up zucchini, crimson onion, and crimson bell pepper until they’re good and tender.
  • For the sauce: all of these stunning veggies get tons of taste from a scrumptious sauce made with soy sauce, garlic, honey, toasted sesame oil, olive oil, rice vinegar, recent ginger, and crimson pepper flakes. It makes the right stir fry sauce, too!
  • To serve: you’ll add a creamy garlic tahini yogurt sauce to the platter, which is made with Greek yogurt, tahini, recent lime juice or lemon juice, garlic, and salt. I prefer to garnish with toasted sesame seeds and a mixture of recent herbs like mint, cilantro, and parsley, then scoop all the things up with heat pita.

vegetables and chickpeas in a pan before roastingvegetables and chickpeas in a pan before roasting

Can I take advantage of completely different greens?

In fact! I believe broccoli, inexperienced beans, and brussels sprouts would even be scrumptious and a good way to get your greens in. Mushrooms would even be SO good.

tahini garlic yogurt sauce in a bowltahini garlic yogurt sauce in a bowl

Experiment with completely different sauces

The garlic tahini yogurt sauce is totally scrumptious, however you could possibly additionally drizzle one in every of these over the greens as a substitute (which might additionally hold the dish dairy-free):

sesame roasted vegetables in a baking dishsesame roasted vegetables in a baking dish

Can I make it vegan?

Sure! Merely swap the honey for maple syrup, and use your favourite plain, plant-based yogurt within the sauce. Alternatively, you should use one of many sauces I listed above!

sesame roasted vegetables and chickpea on a platter with tahini garlic yogurt saucesesame roasted vegetables and chickpea on a platter with tahini garlic yogurt sauce

Our favourite methods to serve these veggies

I initially scooped up these sesame roasted greens with heat pita bread to get all of that yummy sauce in each chew, however they’d even be scrumptious with:

easy sesame roasted vegetables on a plattereasy sesame roasted vegetables on a platter

Straightforward sesame roasted greens and chickpeas in 4 steps

  1. Prep your pan. Spray a baking sheet (or a baking dish) with cooking spray, add the greens and chickpeas, and put aside.
  2. Add the marinade. Whisk collectively the entire first sauce components, pour it over your sheet pan, and bake all the things up till the veggies are tender.
  3. Make the yogurt sauce. Whereas the veggies are baking, combine collectively the tahini garlic yogurt sauce. Retailer it within the fridge till you’re able to serve.
  4. Plate it up. Unfold the yogurt sauce on the underside of a platter, high with the roasted greens and chickpeas, then garnish with sesame seeds and recent herbs and dig in!

sesame roasted vegetables and chickpeas on a platter with tahini garlic yogurt saucesesame roasted vegetables and chickpeas on a platter with tahini garlic yogurt sauce

Storing suggestions

Retailer any leftover veggies in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3-4 days.

Extra vegetarian meals you’ll love

Get all of my vegetarian recipes right here!

I hope you’re keen on these sesame roasted greens and chickpeas! In the event you make this dish you’ll want to go away a remark and a ranking so I understand how you favored it. Get pleasure from, xo!

cover of the ambitious kitchen cookbookcover of the ambitious kitchen cookbook

The
Bold Kitchen
Cookbook

125 Ridiculously Good For You, Typically Indulgent, and Completely By no means Boring Recipes for Each Meal of the Day

Sesame Roasted Greens and Chickpeas with Garlic Tahini Yogurt Sauce

sesame roasted vegetables and chickpeas on a plattersesame roasted vegetables and chickpeas on a platter

Prep Time 15 minutes

Prepare dinner Time 45 minutes

Complete Time 1 hour

Serves4 servings

Stunning sesame roasted greens with a protein enhance from chickpeas throughout a creamy garlic tahini yogurt sauce. This flavorful veggie dish is good, savory, spicy, and the right vegetarian most important or facet dish along with your favourite proteins! Prime the platter along with your favourite recent herbs and revel in your new favourite option to eat greens.

Components

  • Chickpeas and Veggies:
  • 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 1 medium zucchini, minimize in half lengthwise after which minimize diagonally into 1 inch chunks
  • 1 giant crimson onion, minimize into 1/2 inch thick strips
  • 1 giant crimson bell pepper, minimize into 1 inch thick strips
  • For the sauce:
  • ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced or grated
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon further virgin olive oil or avocado oil
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon grated recent ginger
  • ½ teaspoon crimson pepper flakes
  • Tahini Garlic Yogurt Sauce:
  • 1 cup whole-milk or 2% plain greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 1 tablespoon recent squeeze lime or lemon juice
  • 1 garlic clove, grated
  • Kosher salt, to style
  • Garnish and serving:
  • ½ cup recent torn leafy herbs (mixture of cilantro, basil and mint)
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
  • Heat toasted pita, for serving

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 425 levels F. Spray a 9×13 or 7×11-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. Add the chickpeas and greens to the pan and put aside.

  • Make the sesame sauce: In a medium bowl, whisk collectively the soy sauce, garlic, honey, toasted sesame oil, olive oil, rice vinegar, ginger and crimson pepper flakes.

  • Pour the sauce all around the veggies and chickpeas and toss till nicely mixed and greens are coated. Bake within the oven for 35 to 45 minutes, stirring greens each quarter-hour, till zucchini and bell pepper have softened and are fork tender.

  • Make the tahini yogurt sauce: In a medium bowl, add the yogurt, tahini, lime or lemon juice, and grated garlic. Stir till well-combined. Add salt to style and stir once more. Preserve within the fridge till prepared to make use of. (This sauce could be made a day or two forward of time.)

  • To serve: Unfold yogurt over a big platter or plate, then add the entire greens and chickpeas on high, together with any further juices from the pan. Prime with numerous recent torn mint, basil and cilantro and toasted sesame seeds. Serve with heat toasted torn pita bread for scooping up the entire veggie and yogurt.

Recipe Notes

This recipe can be scrumptious with my sesame hen served on the facet, however can be fabulous with salmon or steak, too!

Vitamin

Serving: 1serving (primarily based on 4)Energy: 379calCarbohydrates: 36.3gProtein: 15.3gFats: 20.8gSaturated Fats: 3.9gFiber: 7.5gSugar: 15.8g

Recipe by: Monique Volz // Bold Kitchen | Images by: Eat Love Eats