Garlic Lemon Garbanzo Bean Pasta with Broccoli and Peanuts
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 8(click to scale)
Calories 415kcal
Ingredients
1poundbroccoli florets
1poundangel hair pastadry
15ozcanned low sodium garbanzo beansdrained and rinsed
2eachfresh garlicpeeled
2oznutritional yeast
1/3 cupfresh pressed lemon juice
1tspkosher salt
1/2cupsalted peanutschopped
1gallonwater
1/4ozvegetable base
1cupwater
1/4tspkosher salt
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Instructions
Zest and juice lemon and set aside.Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add broccoli and cook until just tender and bright green, about 3-5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon transfer the broccoli to a colander and rinse with cold water until cool. Reserve. Add salt to the boiling water and add pasta, stir as needed and cook for 7-9 minutes. Until al dente. Drain pasta and set aside.
Combine boiling water and vegetable base, mix and dissolve base.Mince garlic.
In a large pot over medium high heat, add garbanzo beans and cook them to give them a little color, add garlic and cook for about a minute, don't brown the garlic. Add the vegetable broth and nutritional yeast and stir. Simmer hard for about 10 minutes. Add broccoli, salt, lemon zest and juice. Stir to combine and cook on low heat for an additional 5 minutes. Add angel hair pasta and toss until well combined.
Plate one cup of the pasta and top with 1 Tbsp. of the chopped peanuts and serve immediately.