Lamb & Chickpea Chili for Two

Good with a few adjustments I made this tonight. I subbed a cubanelle pepper for the bell pepper (I don't like bell peppers), and beef for the lamb and turkey since my grocery store was out. I found this to be very bland until I doubled the cinnamon and harissa, and added quite a bit of salt. Very good then! Pros: easy to make, forgiving Cons: bland as-is

Easy and Tasty I added some more spices to this and used smoked paprika instead of chili powder. I served it with a Moroccan spiced carrot and avocado salad and some bulgur. I also used just ground Lamb since that is what I had. I would make it again. Pros: easy to make and pretty tasty

Excellent dish--but needs a few alterations This recipe makes for an excellent meal, however I did make a few alterations that I feel seriously improved the meal. First of all I used 16 oz of ground lamb and no ground turkey because that's the way the lamb came packaged at the store. Doing this yields about 2 cups instead of 1.5 per person, but I would have still been hungry without it. The other thing that greatly helped this recipe was to add hot sauce to taste. I'm not a hot sauce nut, but adding the hot sauce really brought out the underlying flavors without masking them. I'm not sure how much hot sauce I used, just keep adding it until you like the taste. Also, I used chili powder instead of harissa and it was great. I would definitely suggest this savory meal for some ethnic variety in your cooking. Pros: filling, flavorful, exotic, easy Cons: bland with current recipe