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Recipe: Chickpea San Chow Bow - Low Calorie Nutrient Dense Vegan Snack


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Interested in a tasty high-protein vegan snack that is both meat-free and low calorie, providing essential plant-based nutrients?

Our Chickpea San Choy Bow is a high-protein, low-calorie vegan snack that not only looks enticing but also provides a wide range of plant based nutrients. It is ideal for vegetarians and vegans, supporting overall health and catering to sports nutrition goals on less active days.


What nutrition requirements does it meet?

  • Vegan

  • Vegetarian

  • Gluten free

  • Dairy free

  • This recipe contains nuts


What type of goals may this meal be good for?

Lower activity days, weight management snacks, low fuel recovery from activity.

  • Serves 4

  • Prep time: 25 minutes


Nutritional info per serving:

  • Kcal 363 (Per serving)

  • Pro 16g (Medium/high)

  • Cho 23g (Lower)

  • Fats 23 (Moderate)

  • Fibre 8g (High)


Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp coconut oil

  • 4 spring onions, finely sliced

  • 3 cloves garlic, minced

  • 2 tbsp fresh ginger, grated

  • 37g cashews, finely chopped

  • 37g almonds, chopped

  • 375g mushrooms, chopped

  • 2 x (400g) tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed

  • 175ml tamari

  • 2 tsp sesame oil

  • 1 long red chilli, sliced

  • 8 leaves romaine lettuce

  • 10g coriander, leaves picked



Instructions

In a large frying pan, heat the coconut oil. Add the spring onions, garlic, ginger, cashews and almonds. Cook for about 3 minutes.


Add the mushrooms and cook for another 5 minutes.


Next, add the chickpeas and mash them up a little bit with a wooden spoon.


Add the tamari, sesame oil and chilli and heat through for another 3 minutes.

Spoon the mixture into the individual lettuce leaves and garnish with coriander.



 

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