This dish is frakkin’ AWESOME. I try not to play favorites with my recipes, but this dish just safely landed in mine (and Scott’s) top five. Add in the fact that its cheap and easy to make, and, well, that makes it creep up to #1 on some lists. For me, though, the best part is the birth of this dish.
Here in LA all of the Chinese joints have huge “we sell Hawaiian BBQ” signs in their windows. I wasn’t sure if it was a mere marketing ploy (lets slap some pineapple on that bbq rib and charge $5 more calling it ‘Hawaiian BBQ’) or a legit dish. Lucky for me, a friend of mine is from Maui so I asked her about it. She told me “Hawaiian BBQ” tends to refer to ‘teriyaki sauce’ instead of actual BBQ sauce and that’s when the idea hit me: “Spicy Teriyaki with Pineapple!” Alright, enough jibber jabber outta me, here is the recipe.
Serves 2
Ingredients:
15oz can chickpes, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
1 tbsp szechuan sauce (or hot sauce) - optional
1 tbsp raw sugar
2 cups cooked brown rice
pineapple salsa (or mango salsa)
Directions
1. Combine chickpeas, teriyaki, szechuan and sugar in a large frying pan
2. Allow to sit and ‘marinate’ at least 5 minutes (the longer the better)
3. Turn to medium heat and cook, stirring regulary
4. Cook about 10 minutes, or until most of the liquid has absorbed
5. Spoon over rice and top with salsa
You can usually find pineapple or mango salsa at the grocery store (check the produce section in addition to the chips isle), but there are also plenty of free recipes online for the salsa’s. Just as Google.
Here’s a photo of just the chickpeas over brown rice:
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I have to agree - this dish does look awesome…. I love all the ingredients. I will definitely being giving this one a try - thanks for sharing
zesty
I can understand why this would be one of your favorites! I LOVEE pineapple salsa, they make an awesome one at my Trader Joes. And really anything with teriyaki and chickpeas has to be delicious!
I NEED THAT DISH!
Oh very cool. My first thought was Trader Joe’s because of their fine selection of salsas.
Interesting piece of trivia regarding Hawaiian BBQ.
Teriyaki and pineapple do go incredibly well together, so I’m not at all surprised that you and Scott loved this dish! Great job on it!
It looks GREAT! I’ll be making this soon.
I appreciated the piece of trivia as well. That is interesting to know. That is one delicious and creative dish.
I’ve never even heard of Hawaiian BBQ, but I love the idea of pineapples and teriyaki sauce. And of course, chickpeas are the shiz. So I might be making this soon! It looks so easy!
Oh~ that’s a simple and yummy meal~~~
More jibber jabber! More jibber jabber!
This dish looks so exotic and yummy! I made your banana bread from your e-cookbook and it was super fantabulicious! Yea, I’m sure that’s a word!
I would love to eat this right now, can you make it for me? This dish reminds me of summer =(
oh wow! that makes me drool a little….
I’m making this for dinner tonight and I can’t wait! We’re having it over butternut squash and with a little stirfried yellow pepper and onion on top too- should be tasty!
Fantastic! This is already my favorite of your many wonderful recipes! Good job!
Between HappyHerbivore & What does a Body Good’s Michelle you two have made shopping healthy & economically a whole lot easier! Checking out your Spicey Chickpeas & Pineapple Salsa, I had to look into $$$ Saving salsa options. Here is an inspiring “omni” link :http://southernfood.about.com/lr/salsa_recipes/179006/3/
This way whatever fruit you can find pull out of the pantry, find on sale or happen to prefer you can turn into an inexpensive, home “cooked” Salsa; pineapple, peach, mango, you name it! Hooray for Wall Street!
Looks yummy and perfect for a cheap quick meal. Chickpeas can’t go wrong!
Lindsay, I’m making this for dinner as I type, but I added a TBSP of peanut butter. Hit me at the last minute to try that as I love anything peanutty in Asian dishes. My kitchen smells amazing right now!
Do you have any good recipes for homemade almond milk? I tried one once before, but it tasted so blah.
Thanks!
Hello! I tried this the other night and it was delicious! What a clever idea!
I made it when Pastene canned chickpeas, Newman’s own mango salsa, and a delicious teriyaki sauce called Oy Vey Veri Veri Teriyaki. I must vouch for the Pastene chickpeas and the Teriyaki sauce; both are delicious, but it was really the sauce that made the meal. It was founded after a sweet little jewish man and a sweet little chinese lady found love (they were probably normal sized, but ‘little’ makes it cuter). If you know what I’m talking about, rock on! If you ever come across, buy it up - it’s the most delicious teriyaki I’ve ever had.
As I write this, I’m baking vegan creme brulees as dessert for your baked mac n’ cheeze recipe. I’m excited! I’m sure it will prove to be as delicious as this one. Question, though - do you use any fake cheese? I know it’s a big processed, but I’ve only been officially vegan for about a month now, so I’m kind of vegan-high and experimenting. I tried tofutti mozzerella - my first fake cheeze - and really wasn’t impressed. Any suggestions?
Thanks for being awesome!
Sounds splendid! I have just rehydrated a lot of chickpeas so I know what I’ll be eating tomorrow night. Also, do you watch BSG? (’Frakkin” made me wonder…).