Easy Chickpea Recipes

Got a can of chickpeas lying around that you just don’t know what to do with? Here are some recipes for chickpeas! 

Are you like me and stock up on canned chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, whenever they’re under a dollar a can? Or also like me and went to a bulk food store and is now a proud owner of over 1L of dried chickpeas? Yeah, so I kinda have a ton of chickpeas in my house and almost always there’s a can of chickpeas just hanging out in my pantry.

What Are Chickpeas?

Chickpeas are a legume that also goes by the name garbanzo beans. Chickpeas come in green, black, brown, or red, but the most common one we might know is the large, smooth, beige variety. It comes in a canned where you can eat it as is or dried where you have to cook it yourself!

So what can you do with canned chickpeas? Here are some ideas of what to make with chickpeas! Also some of my favourite healthy chickpea recipe ideas! 

But first, if you have dried chickpeas, here’s how I use my Instant Pot to quickly cook them up!

Delicious ways to use chickpeas

Hummus: hummus is usually my default whenever I have too much chickpeas on hand. It’s so easy to make and there are so many flavours you can do at home!

• Instant Pot Hummus
• Tahini-Free Beet Hummus
• Taco Hummus
• Chipotle Hummus from Champagne Tastes

Soup/Stew: chickpeas can really help bulk up a soup/stew or help make it creamier by blending it up!

• Healthy Hamburger Soup
• Tomato Chickpea Soup from Crumb Top Baking
• Vegetarian Chickpea Stew from This Healthy Table
• Curried Red Lentil Soup with Chickpeas from Girl Heart Food 
• Chickpea Pasta Fagioli from Recipe Runner
• Moroccan Chicken Soup from Living Lou
• Minestrone Soup With Chickpeas And Rice from Kelly Neil

Salad/Bowls: again, chickpeas really bulk up a salad, a grain bowl, or pasta salad. Take the salad from a side dish to a main with extra chickpeas added in!

• Greek Chickpea Salad from Nourish and Fete
• Creamy Avocado Hummus with Roasted Chickpeas and Sweet Potato
• Chickpea Pesto Pasta 
• Arugula Salad with Meyer Lemon Rosemary Chickpeas from Rhubarbarians
• Marinated Chickpeas Salad from Peas and Crayons
• Taco Hummus Buddha Bowl
• Vegan & Oil Free Chickpea Salad from Know Your Produce

Replace meat with chickpeas: to change up my meal preps, if it calls for meat, I sub in a can of chickpeas as a budget friendly alternative.

• Instant Pot Kung Pao Chickpeas
• Spicy Peanut Chickpea Curry
• Vegan Sloppy Joes from Champagne Tastes
• Gochujang Braised Chickpeas

Sandwich/Burgers: you can skip the meat and use chickpeas as your main protein in a sandwich or burger. 

• Chickpea and Brown Rice Burger
• Beet Hummus with Avocado, Spinach, and Chickpea Sandwich
• Vegan “Egg” Salad Sandwich with Chickpeas from Veggie Fun Kitchen
• Chickpea Salad Sandwich with Grapes and Walnuts from Rhubarbarians
• Vegan Chicken Salad Sandwich from Delightful Adventures

Dessert:

• Flourless Healthy Chickpea Peanut Butter Blondies
• Cinnamon Raisin Chocolate Chickpea Bark from Crumb Top Baking
• Chocolate Roasted Chickpeas from Lauren Kelly Nutrition