17+ Chickpea Recipes
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What to do with chickpeas? These delicious chickpea recipes are perfect for turning chickpeas, aka garbanzo beans, into healthy, economical, and protein-packed meals for the entire family.
Who doesn’t love chickpeas, seriously? Their flavor, texture, convenience, and protein content make these versatile legumes a pantry hero.
I stockpile dried and canned chickpeas all year round. They come in handy countless times during the week. They are terrific for whipping up filling salads in minutes or making cozy soups or chickpea curries. But they are also perfect for making dips, burgers, wraps, and more.
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They provide plenty of plant-based protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. They are also naturally gluten-free, low in fat and calories, and might promote weight loss.
Their outstanding nutritional profile makes chickpeas excellent meat substitutes that are delicious, inexpensive, and sustainable for the planet.
If you love chickpeas as much as we do, I’m sure you’ll find a few recipes here to add to your weekly menu. They include comforting soups, tasty salads, and everything in between. There’s a terrific chickpea recipe for every occasion.
If time allows and you prefer to use cheaper dried chickpeas instead of canned, you’ll find tips and instructions at the bottom of this page!
Chickpea Recipes
Vegan Garlic Chickpea Soup
Let's start with the most popular chickpea soup on the blog. It's quick to make and super simple, but its rich texture and complex flavor are super to please everyone.
5-Minute Sautéed Chickpeas
These super simple sauteed chickpeas are full of flavor and protein, and they are ready in 5 minutes! Serve them with salads, soups, rice, or bread for a quick, healthy meal.
BBQ Chickpea Wraps with Ranch Dressing
These BBQ Chickpea Wraps are an easy and quick lunch for work or a meal on the go! They’re served with a creamy ranch dressing and are very filling!
Mediterranean Soup with Chickpeas
Chickpea recipes for dinner? This hearty chickpea soup is full of flavor. It comes together in less than 30 minutes and requires cupboard staples and spinach from the freezer.
Chickpea Bruschetta with Sun Dried Tomatoes
What can I do with a can of chickpeas? This crispy chickpea bruschetta is a brilliant idea. Smashed chickpeas with sun-dried tomatoes make a scrumptious topping when fresh cherry tomatoes are still out of season. Who doesn’t love bruschetta?
Pasta with Chickpeas (Pasta e Ceci)
This soupy pasta with chickpeas, or Italian pasta e Ceci, makes a delicious one-pot family meal. It’s budget-friendly, vegan, packed with protein, comes together super fast,pasta e Ceci makes a delicious one-pot family meal. It’s budget-friendly, vegan, packed with protein, it comes together super fast and nicely warms you up!
Lemon Chickpea Soup
Fresh, bright, and flavorful, this lemon chickpea soup is warming and comforting but also refreshing with a slight hint of Spring,
Smoky Chickpea and Lentil Soup
This soup is one of my favorite chickpea recipes. It's perfect for cozy, cold winter nights when you’re craving something hearty and comforting yet healthy. It’s also vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free, so it's suitable for everyone.vegetarian, vegan and gluten freefor all to enjoy.
Chickpea Carrot hummus
How festive, colorful, and deliciously creamy is this chickpea & carrot hummus? It’s healthy, easy to make, full of lemon and garlic flavor, perfect for spreading or dipping!
Spicy chickpea salad
If you are looking for recipes for chickpea salad, you have to give this spicy chickpea salad a try! It’s vegan, healthy, requires cupboard ingredients, and comes together in a snap. It’s perfect for meal prep, too!
How to Make Crispy Roasted Chickpeas
They’re the perfect high-protein snack, great for meal prep, and customizable with your favorite seasonings and flavors!
Butternut squash and chickpea soup
This satisfying butternut squash and chickpea soup is warming, healthy, and freezes brilliantly. It makes such a delicious weeknight meal for the whole family.panini rolls, easy pesto bread or this quick focaccia, and it makes such a delicious weeknight meal for the whole family.
Chickpea spinach salad
This fresh and flavorful chickpea spinach salad combines spinach, tender chickpeas, juicy sundried tomatoes, and pecorino cheese tossed with a bright lemon garlic dressing. It’s fabulous and full of Mediterranean flavor.
Winter Salad
In this beautiful salad, the roasted chickpeas are combined with roasted root veggies and tangy dressing. It's so delicious, filling and hearty.
Chickpea Stew
You’ll love this hearty chickpea stew; it’s easy to make and requires inexpensive everyday ingredients. It’s a nourishing, healthy meal that nicely warms you up.
Italian Chickpea Salad
This scrumptious Italian chickpea salad is easy to whip up in 10 minutes. Chickpeas are tossed with tomatoes, mozzarella, red onion, extra virgin olive oil, and basil. The result is a flavorful salad that makes a light lunch, but it’s hearty enough for a dinner side dish.
Beet Hummus
This creamy delightful beet hummus! It makes a super easy party appetizer and snack, and it looks and tastes fabulous. It’s also healthy, vegan, gluten-free.
Crunchy Chickpea Tacos
Easy, delicious, and tasty chickpea tacos, anyone? They're o easy to assemble and taste amazing.
Chickpea Curry with Potato (Chana Aloo Curry)
The vegetarian Caribbean curry from Trinidad has incredible flavor and is easy to make using a few pantry staples, including curry. Serve it with a dollop of yogurt, coconut rice, or flatbread.
Can I use dried chickpeas instead of canned for these chickpea recipes?
Of course, dried chickpeas are cheaper than canned and the most environmentally friendly alternative. If you have the time to soak and cook them, go for dried chickpeas—it’s a no-brainer.
How many dried chickpeas make a can?
The can size is about 400gr/15oz, but once drained, it yields 250gr/9 oz chickpeas (net weight). Essentially, to make the equivalent amount of a can of chickpeas, you have to use approximately 125 grams or 3/4 cup of dried chickpeas.
How to cook dried chickpeas?
Cooking chickpeas is simple, but it’s more time-consuming than opening a can. A pressure cooker or an Instant Pot to speed up the cooking time is not essential.
My favorite method includes:
- Overnight soak in plenty of water
- Drain and rinse well
- Cook in a large pot full of water for at least 1 hour or until tender
There’s no need to add salt at this stage, but a few bay leaves in the cooking water would be brilliant if you have some on hand. When the chickpeas are done, drain and let them cool. You can also let them rest in their cooking water until cold; they will get more tender, perfect for hummus or soups.
CLEVER TIP: Cook at least 1 lb of dried chickpeas, drain them when they are cool, and then divide them into small freezer bags for later use. You can use them later in your following chickpea recipe!
MORE INEXPENSIVE PANTRY-FRIENDLY RECIPES?
I love legumes; they’ve been my staples for as long as I can remember. Here, you’ll find three collections of delicious recipes featuring lentils, peas, and white beans!
Whether you love chickpeas or are cooking them for the first time, I hope some of these chickpea recipes make it into your regular rotation, too!
Let me know if you have any questions. I would love to hear from you. 💛
I haven’t made all of these recipes but I have made 6 of them. They were delicious! Looking forward to trying EVERY SINGLE ONE! Thanks so much for sharing!
That’s fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing your lovely feedback, Melissa. : )
Best xx