Easy Warm Chickpea Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup diced red onion
2 (14 ounce) cans chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chickpeas and garlic to onion; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Mix red pepper flakes, lemon juice, salt, and pepper into chickpea mixture; cook and stir for 3 minutes more. Stir parsley and mint into salad.