Got Too Many Chickpeas? Make These Recipes!
Whether you call them chickpeas or garbanzos, there’s no such thing as too much. Here are some of our favorite ways to use them.
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Did you accidentally hoard chickpeas? We get it. Some days, it feels like you need to grab anything you can find at the grocery store. From what we’re hearing from readers, a lot of you are having a bit of buyer’s remorse over the cans and cans of garbanzos in your pantries. Fret not; these legumes are incredibly versatile, serving as a snack, adding texture to salads, and turning stews into one-pot meals.
If it’s dried chickpeas you’ve overstocked, those can be used in any of the recipes here as long as you soften them up first. Do that by soaking the dried beans for 8 hours, or by boiling them for 5 minutes and then letting the pot sit for an hour.
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Crispy Roasted Chickpeas
Chickpeas have enough flavor that it doesn’t take much to turn them into a tasty snack. Salt and pepper are all you really need to make a nutty, crunchy, and healthy treat.
School Garden Salad with Chickpeas and Avocado
Add chickpeas to virtually any salad and what’s in your bowl changes from something light and nutritious into a stand-alone meal that sticks with you.
Saffron Tomato Chickpeas
In this flavorful preparation, garbanzos can be used as either a side dish or a bed for vegetables.
Garbanzo and Watercress Soup
Just as with any legume, chickpeas make a simple vegetable soup much more hearty.
Chickpea and Spinach Orecchiette with Crispy Lemon Bread Crumbs
Pasta and chickpeas might sound like an odd combo (its actually a classically Roman preparation), but all the different flavors and textures in this dish work together so well your family may not notice that it’s vegan.
Garbanzos Masala
Chickpeas are a staple of Indian cooking, and this recipe captures many of the flavors of India in a preparation that doesn’t take all day.
Tilapia with Tomatoes and Garbanzos
Though often paired with vegetables, there’s no rule; here chickpeas complement a tilapia fillet.
Harissa-Roasted Chicken with Chickpeas
In this recipe chickpeas, which are green when fresh and can count as a vegetable, provide enough carbohydrate to make this a satisfying one-dish meal.
