Creamy Spinach With Bacon Garbanzo Beans Recipes

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, bacon, and garlic until bacon is crisp, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Whisk flour, salt, and black pepper into onion mixture until blended and the flour and drippings form a paste, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Slowly whisk milk into onion mixture. Bring to a boil, continuously whisking, until sauce is thick and creamy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir spinach and half-and-half into sauce; cook until spinach is heated through, 4 to 6 minutes.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Season well with salt. Add the pasta and cook for 3 minutes less than indicated in the package directions, about 7 minutes. Drain well reserving 1/2 cup pasta water.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add the oil, carrot and onion to the skillet. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring often, until fragrant and beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the pepper flakes and thyme and cook another minute. Stir in the drained beans and chicken broth. Reduce the heat to medium to maintain a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Use the back of a spoon to gently mash some of the beans. Set aside.
• Add the cooked pasta to the sauce. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the pasta and toss to coat well. Stir in the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and add the 1/2 cup pasta water as needed to maintain a creamy, broth-like sauce. Sprinkle in the spinach and cook until wilted.

Steps:

• Cook 3 slices chopped bacon in a saucepan until crisp. Remove; discard all but 2 tablespoons drippings. Add 1 chopped small onion and 1 minced garlic clove,; cook 3 minutes. Sprinkle in 1 tablespoon flour; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Whisk in 1 1/2 cups milk,; season with salt and nutmeg,. Cook until thickened, 4 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup shredded gruyere,, 1 pound thawed frozen chopped spinach, (squeezed dry) and the bacon. Cook 2 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Cook the garlic and onion in the oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the spinach, garbanzo beans, cumin, and salt. Use your stirring spoon to lightly mash the beans as the mixture cooks. Allow to cook until thoroughly heated.

Steps:

• Blend broth, 1/2 cup beans, cream cheese and pepper in blender until smooth; set aside.
• Cook and stir bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 1 Tbsp. drippings from skillet. Add spinach to reserved drippings; cook 3 to 5 min. or until spinach is slightly wilted, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in remaining beans and cream cheese mixture; cook 2 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Top with bacon.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook bacon, onion and garlic over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bacon renders its fat and onion begins to brown, 5 minutes.
• Add cumin and allspice, and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes and chicken broth, cook 5 minutes.
• Add garbanzo beans, spinach, scallions, worchestershire, and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and cook, 30 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the onions and bacon in butter over medium heat until bacon is crisp. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until blended. , Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in spinach and cream; cook 3-5 minutes longer or until heated through.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Line shallow baking pan with foil; lightly grease foil. Toss garbanzo beans with 2 Tbsp. of the dressing. Place in prepared pan. Bake 10 to 15 min. or until crisp. Set aside.
• Cook bacon in large saucepan until browned. Add garlic; cook 2 min. or until softened. Drain. Add spinach to saucepan; cook 5 min. or until wilted, tossing lightly.
• Arrange spinach mixture on serving plate; top with garbanzo beans and drizzle with remaining dressing.

Steps:

• Bring a 3-quart pot three fourths full of water to a boil. Add bacon and cook 2 minutes. Drain bacon and rinse in cold water. Pat dry and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces.
• Cook bacon in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until browned. Leaving bacon in skillet, spoon off all but 1 tablespoon fat. Add 2 tablespoons oil, chickpeas, and red pepper flakes to skillet and saut) over high heat, stirring occasionally, until chickpeas begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in spinach and garlic and sauté, stirring, until spinach is wilted. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil.