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I really don’t like chickpeas, but after I made roasted chickpeas for my boyfriend for the first time I tried a few and surprise I actually liked them. Since then I made this recipe multiple times already and I’ve really grown fond of eating chickpeas this way. They’re crunchy and tasty and quite easy to make too.
Ingredients
- Chickpeas – one pot of around 230 gram/ a bit more than 1 cup
- Olive oil – a tablespoon
- Paprika powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Onion powder – a few pinches
- Garlic powder – a few pinches
- Cayenne pepper – a few pinches
- Salt – a pinch
- Black pepper – a few pinches
Sorry the measurements for this are a bit tricky. I usually just do a few shakes of each spice and only measure the paprika powder. You can also use 1 teaspoon of cajun spices or another favorite spice mix instead.
Method
- First pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 392 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Drain the chickpeas and wash them with cold water.
- Put them in a bowl and add the olive oil and spices.
- Cover a baking plate with baking paper and spread the chickpea son top of that.
- Put in the oven for about 30 minutes and stir them around now every ten minutes.
- After the 30 minutes remove them from the oven, let them cool down a bit and then you can eat them.
Variation Tips
- Cumin chickpeas. Instead of the spices listed above add 3/4 teaspoon cumin, a pinch of paprika, onion, salt and cayenne.
- Vary with spices.
Oh good! I was hoping you would share this recipe when you mentioned it in a Sunday Post a while back. I use chickpeas in lots of things and its great having another way to serve them up. 🙂
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I actually don’t like chickpeas, but I love them roasted and make these regularly.
You sent me this recipe and I still have yet to make these! But I think they would be great in Buddha bowls with sweet potatoes and roasted broccoli. Mmmm. Now I’m getting hungry!
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That definitely sounds good. I never thought to use them in a Buddha bowl, but that sounds like a good idea. Let me know how they turn out if you give them a try!
I love the sound of this one – thank you for sharing, Lola:).
I hope you give these a try 🙂
I have made them roasted and liked them. They took a while to get really crunchy but well worth the wit. I like chickpeas though so I don’t mind eating them in salads and stuff.
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They really need those 30 minutes in the oven to get nice and crunchy, but definitely worth the wait.
I tried roadting chickpeas a while back but it didn’t really work. The flavour was good, but they were still soft and a bit chewy. Looking at your recipe now I think maybe I didn’t have the oven up hot enough! Will give it another try, especially the cumin variation. My favourite spice!
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With this temperature and roasting them for 30 minutes they get nice and crunchy. I once ruined them with the wrong temperature, so that might be what went wrong with yours. I really like the cumin variation, it’s one of my favorite spices too.
Roasting things in the oven really is an easy but delicious way to make things (I love roasting veggies). This sounds delicious! And yeah, I never measure spices either lol.
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I do measure spices for other dishes, but not for this one, which makes it hard tor replicate the exact flavor, but it works for this. I rarely roast things, but it is a great way to make veggies yummy.
Thanks for sharing with us this recipe for chickpeas
I haven’t eaten them before..
Will try them out soon..
Thanks for sharing
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Thanks! I really like these roasted chickpeas.