What to Make with Chickpeas
12 delicious ways to use up canned or dried garbanzo beans.
Lucy Schaeffer
By Regan Cafiso for Food Network Kitchen
How to Use Chickpeas
Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, are one of the best items to stock in your pantry. Long-lasting and filled with protein and fiber, this hearty, nutty legume is used throughout the world in many types of dishes from mains and sides to appetizers and desserts. Certainly you've tasted them in hummus, but there are more — many more — ways to enjoy chickpeas.
Whether you have canned chickpeas, dried chickpeas or both, we have a dozen delicious ways to use them up. Even the canning liquid is fair game.
How to Use Canned Chickpeas
If you have a can or two of chickpeas in your pantry, you're already halfway to dinner. Try some of these favorite dinner ideas.
Cauliflower Chickpea Flatbread (pictured)
How to Use Dried Chickpeas
If you have a bag of dried chickpeas on hand, there are some great ways to use them up — including a falafel recipe that rivals any street vendor's. For some recipes, you'll need to soak them first, so plan ahead accordingly.
How to Use Aquafaba
Did you know that chickpea canning liquid, known as aquafaba, is usable and delicious? It works as a vegan egg replacer in many recipes and whips up light and fluffy, just like egg whites.
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