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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Spicy Roasted Chickpeas

Found the below recipe in an internet search when I had a hankering for crispy chickpeas. I had friends try to make crunchy chickpeas at home and they would comment that most recipes weren't able to make them crunchy, I tweaked the linked recipe a bit and was able to get the chickpeas crunchy! Not rocket science, but I just cranked the heat up a bit and it helped immensely. I recommend this recipe to go with dinner as texture to a dish or as a healthy snack.

Spicy Chickpea Recipe Inspiration

Ingredients:
1 can of garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder or cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste ( I added about 1 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp pepper)

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 450 F
2. Put rinsed and drained chickpeas in a bowl and add the spices and olive oil. Mix well.
3. Pour the chickpeas onto a cooking sheet and shake the sheet to space the chickpeas evenly. You don't want them on top of each other.
4. Roast chickpeas in the preheated oven on a greased cooking sheet for approximately 20 minutes.
5. Shake the tray a few times while the chickpeas are cooking to move them around so they cook evenly. Keep an eye on them as well when they are cooking to make sure they are not burning, everyone's oven is a little different.
6. Pull them out of the oven and enjoy!




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