Crunchy and healthy roasted chickpeas are a moreish vegan snack or a fabulous addition to a salad or bowl. These oven-roasted chickpeas or air fried chickpeas are tossed in spices and roasted until golden.
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If you’ve not tried healthy roasted chickpeas then you’re really doing yourself an injustice.
Roasted chickpeas are versatile vegan must-haves to make, in this post, I have prepared these as air-fried chickpeas or oven-roasted chickpeas.
Why a vegan must-have? Because not only are they delicious to snack on, but they are a great addition to salads, pasta, soups (think crouton alternative) and buddha bowls, giving a pleasant crunch.
As a person who always has chickpeas (garbanzo beans) in the pantry, I can tell you, I am happy to enjoy them this way too, I especially love making air fryer chickpeas.
Due to my Lebanese roots, chickpeas are eaten a few times a week, such as in the delicious balela salad. How do you like to enjoy your chickpeas?
😋Why you’ll love this recipe
- Inexpensive ingredients
- Healthy, naturally vegan and gluten free snack
- Packed with protein and fibre
- Easy recipe that is easy ideal for grab and go.
- Can be made as oven roasted chickpeas or air fried chickpeas.
✔️What You’ll Need
🥘Ingredient Notes
A note about some of the ingredients for healthy oven roasted chickpeas:
Chickpeas are easy to work with when they are canned* as they are already pre-cooked. However, if you prefer using dry chickpeas* this works too, just make sure the chickpeas are cooked prior to starting this recipe.
Spices the combination of cumin*, paprika*, salt and pepper create spicy roasted chickpeas. You can adjust these to suit your tastebuds.
Avocado oil* has been used, however, I have also used olive oil in place of it.
🔪Step-By-Step Guide
Here’s how to make roasted chickpeas
Step 1 - Rinse and pat dry chickpeas, absorbing as much moisture as possible.
Step 2 - In a large mixing bowl, place chickpeas, spices and oil and combine thoroughly until every chickpea is coated.
Oven roasted chickpeas
Step 3 - Place chickpeas onto a tray lined with baking paper and spread chickpeas out into a single layer. Roasted in a preheated oven 200C (390F) for approximately 22 minutes or until the desired amount of crunch is achieved.
Air fried chickpeas
Step 3 - Place chickpeas into the air fryer pan, in a single layer if possible, and fry on the high setting* (see notes) for approx. 12 minutes or until the desired amount of crunch is achieved.
Step 4 - Best served immediately.
✔️Spices for roasted chickpeas
Spices can be changed to suit your preference. Here are some flavour combination ideas;
- Cinnamon and maple syrup
- Rosemary, thyme with salt and pepper
- Vegetable stock powder - use this sparingly until desired taste is achieved
- Ground ginger and a dash chilli powder
- Garlic powder and nutritional yeast
- Zaatar a Lebanese blend of herbs and toasted sesame seeds.
💭Pro Tips
Canned chickpeas will be in brine, this is called aquafaba. Save this brine as you can make several foods out of this magical juice.
Patting dry chickpeas helps to make them crunchy when roasted.
The longer you roast chickpeas the crunchier they will be from the outside out but the drier they will be on the inside.
Oven roasting - watch out toward the end of the roasting cycle as they will brown quickly. Check-in around the 20-minute mark.
Air fryer chickpeas - if you can’t place the chickpeas into a single layer, then shake the pan halfway through to enjoy all chickpeas are crunchy.
Air fryers differ per make and model. This is the air fryer* I have used to make these healthy air fryer chickpeas. Adjust your settings accordingly.
Whilst roasted chickpeas can be stored, they are best eaten within the same day they are made, the longer they sit, the less crunchy they will be.
❓FAQ
These can keep for several days in your pantry for easy snacking but keep in a dry place.
If you are storing these, ensure the roasted cumin chickpeas are cooled to room temperature before sealing (to avoid sogginess created by condensation)
🥘Related recipes
If you're looking for a healthy nut snack, try soaked almonds. They are ridiculously easy to make, easy to digest and creamier than normal almonds.
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📖 Recipe
Healthy Roasted Chickpeas (Oven & Air Fried)
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Cumin
- ¼ teaspoon Paprika
- ¼ teaspoon Pepper
- ½ tablespoon Avocado oil
Instructions
- Rinse and pat dry chickpeas, absorbing as much moisture as possible.1 can chickpeas
- In a large mixing bowl, place chickpeas, spices and oil and combine thoroughly until every chickpea is coated.1 can chickpeas, ¼ teaspoon Salt, ¼ teaspoon Cumin, ¼ teaspoon Paprika, ¼ teaspoon Pepper, ½ tablespoon Avocado oil
Oven Roasted Chickpeas
- Place chickpeas onto a tray lined with baking paper and spread chickpeas out into a single layer. Roasted in a preheated oven 200C (390F) for approximately 22 minutes or until desired amount of crunch is achieved.
Air fried chickpeas
- Place chickpeas into the air fryer pan, in a single layer if possible, and fry on high setting* (see notes) for approx. 12 minutes or until desired amount of crunch is achieved.
- Best served immediately.
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💡Other vegan chickpea recipes
- Balela Salad - a wonderfully fresh warmed chickpea salad
- Pearl Couscous - Lebanese Moghrabieh
- Easy Falafel Recipe
- Quick Chickpea Curry
kat
wow, i never thought of a chickpea this way. I made these, they are so moorish
Iyah
Hi Janelle, could I use dry chickpeas? I have so many and would like to use them up! Thank you
Janelle
Hi Iyah,
You sure can. Just make sure the chickpeas are cooked before using in this recipe. I have made roasted chickpeas several times with them.
You can cook dry chickpeas by either soaking them overnight to hydrate them and then simmer until cooked or you can boil them for longer on the stove directly from dry until cooked. I have used both methods which work well.
Enjoy.
J