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title: "What’s cooking today: Spicy chickpea breakfast bake"
description: "North African spices and chickpeas combine with peppers to make for a fragrant kick-start to your day."
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# What’s cooking today: Spicy chickpea breakfast bake

> North African spices and chickpeas combine with peppers to make for a fragrant kick-start to your day.

By Tony Jackman · Published 8 March 2021, 14:45 SAST

## Content

**Ingredients**

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 medium red onion, sliced

1 red bell pepper, in 3 cms strips

1 green chilli, seeds removed, chopped

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 x 400 g can chopped tomatoes

1 tsp ras-el-hanout (find my recipe [here](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-01-26-whats-cooking-today-spicy-beef-brinjal-and-chickpea-bake/))

½ tsp ground cumin

¼ tsp ground cinnamon

1 x 400 g can of chickpeas, drained (reserve the aquafaba brine for another use)

Zest of 1 lemon

4 eggs

Salt to taste

**Method**

Preheat the oven to 190℃. Sauté the onion and peppers in olive oil until softened, then add the garlic and chilli and sauté for a minute. Add the tomatoes, chickpeas, spices and lemon zest, salt to taste, and simmer on a low heat, stirring now and then, for about 8 minutes.

Break eggs on to the top.

Bake in the hot oven until the eggs are just set but the yolks are still soft, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve. **DM/TGIFood**

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