Dinner

Harissa Beef and Chickpea Pot

Name: Harissa Beef and Chickpea Pot
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 120 g Beef mince, 5% fat; 100 g Chickpeas, tinned and drained; 200 g Chopped tomatoes, tinned; 80 g Spinach; 60 g Onion; 2 tsp (12 g) Harissa paste; 4 g Olive oil; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 1 tsp Ground cumin; A squeeze Lemon juice; To taste Salt

Mince cooked down with harissa, tomatoes and chickpeas, with spinach wilted in at the end. One pan, no gluten, no dairy. 38 g of protein for 415 kcal.

Calories: 415kcal
Protein: 38g
Fat: 14g
Carbs: 33g

Per serving, makes 1. 25 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

None of the fourteen declared allergens is in the ingredient list as written.

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Ingredients

Beef mince, 5% fat120 g
Weighed raw. Standard 20% mince is nearly twice the calories at the same weight.
Chickpeas, tinned and drained100 g
Under half a tin, drained. Drained weight. A 400 g tin drains to about 240 g.
Chopped tomatoes, tinned200 g
Spinach80 g
Onion60 g
Harissa paste2 tsp (12 g)
Olive oil4 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Ground cumin1 tsp
Lemon juiceA squeeze
SaltTo taste

Method

Soften the chopped onion in the oil for six minutes. Add the mince and fry hard until browned, breaking it up.
Stir in the garlic, cumin and harissa for a minute, then the tomatoes and chickpeas. Simmer for fifteen minutes until thick.
Fold in the spinach until it wilts, season, and finish with lemon.

Worth knowing

The chickpeas are the carbohydrate, at about 20 g. It eats like a stew and needs nothing alongside, though a spoon of yogurt on top is 30 kcal well spent.
Harissa varies a lot in heat between jars. Two teaspoons of a hot one is plenty; a mild one may want double.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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