I’m posting this crispy chickpea recipe because I use them a lot (like in this asparagus ribbon salad), and there are a number of tricks you need to deploy to get them deluxe crunchy.
Crispy Chickpeas: Pro Tips
Sad, chewy chickpeas are not what you’re after here. And there are a number of things you can do to get golden, super-crisp chickpeas.
- Dry well: Get your chickpeas extra dry before baking, and you’ve won half the battle. – Hot oven: Crank that oven up, get it screaming hot.
- Hot pan: Preheat your baking sheet. Chickpeas coated in oil hitting a hot pan is the pairing you’re after, and the hot pan gets things crisping more quickly.
- Don’t overcrowd: If you cram your chickpeas onto a small pan they’ll steam. The opposite of what you want for crispiness.
Ways To Use Crispy Chickpeas
- In salads: Swap in some crispy chickpeas for the regular chickpeas in this quinoa salad, toss some into this favorite coleslaw, or add some to this wedge salad. If none of those strike the right note, browse the salad recipes – lots of salads there that would welcome some crispy chickpeas. Use them in place of croutons.
- Lunch on the go: I love including crispy chickpeas in bento-style, feel-good lunches.
More Chickpea Recipes
- Spicy Chickpea Pasta Bowls
- Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chickpea Salad
- Turmeric Chickpeas
- all chickpea recipesÂ
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