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Ingredients

• Portabella mushrooms, chopped
• Red Onion, chopped
• Montreal Chicken Seasoning (contains no chicken)
• Canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
• Cooked brown rice
• butter (can substitute olive oil)
• ginger sesame marinade (optional)

Directions

• Pre-heat a cast-iron skillet, frying pan, or wok on medium heat.
• When wok is hot, add butter, and portabellas and red onion. Add a dash of Montreal seasoning.
• Stir-fry until onions are carmelized.
• Then add chickpeas, drained, and more butter. Add another dash of seasoning.
• Stir-fry until chickpeas are browned.
• Then add more butter and the cooked brown rice (cold from the fridge is ok). Add another dash of seasoning.
• Stir-fry for another 5 – 8 minutes (add a Tbsp or so of ginger marinade if desired) until everything is nice and sizzling hot.

Editor’s note: When I first posted this recipe, I commented that I usually pair this dish with cheese to get some protein. But my great friend Darla clued me in the wonder food that is chickpeas: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=58. Check out the amount of protein in these bad boys, not to mention iron and fiber. How cool is that?