Smashed Chickpea Chopped Salad

🥘 Ingredients

• bell pepper
  1 unit
• chickpeas
  15 oz
• red onion
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• baking sheet
• meat mallet

1. 

   1

   Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Halve, peel, and cut red onion into ½-inch-thick wedges. Drain and rinse chickpeas ; thoroughly pat dry with paper towels. Core, deseed, and dice bell pepper into ½-inch pieces.

   red onion: 1 unit, chickpeas: 15 oz, bell pepper: 1 unit
2. 

   2

   Place chickpeas on a baking sheet ; place a large piece of plastic wrap on top. Lightly smash chickpeas with a meat mallet , breaking them apart.