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Spanish chickpea salad with tuna and eggs

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Read about tuna in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
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  • 2 whole eggs
  • cold water
Cover the eggs with cold water by about half an inch in a saucepan and heat on high.
Once boiling, cover, turn off the heat and leave 11 to 12 minutes.
  • 2 can chickpeas
Drain the chickpeas in a colander, rinse under cold running water, shake dry and put in a large bowl.
  • ½ whole red onion
  • 1 whole green bell pepper
  • 1 whole red bell pepper
Finely chop the red onion, green and red bell peppers and parsley; add to the bowl.
  • 15 g fresh parsley
  • 2 can tuna in olive oil
Drain the tuna in a fine sieve over a bowl, keeping the oil, and gently flake it; add to the bowl.
Season with sea salt and black pepper.
Draining and flaking the tuna
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
  • 4 tbsp drained olive oil from the canned tuna
  • 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
  • 1 cloves garlic
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
For the dressing, whisk four tablespoons of the drained tuna oil, one tablespoon of sherry vinegar, a finely grated large garlic clove, a little sea salt and black pepper.
Pour the dressing over, mix gently and transfer to a serving dish; to serve chilled, cover and refrigerate a couple of hours.
Slice the hard boiled eggs and lay them over the salad.