Recipes with chickpeas

Cooking with chickpeas

Canned chickpeas are cooked, cheap and filling, and they work in curries, pasta and cold sandwich fillings. All three recipes here are vegetarian and ready in half an hour or less. A can keeps for months in the cupboard, so a couple are a good standby for nights when the fridge is empty.

This page has 3 recipes with chickpeas: 2 dinners and 1 lunch. All of them are ready in 30 minutes or less, and the quickest is Chickpea Salad Wraps at 15 minutes. In these recipes, chickpeas most often go with onion, garlic and tomatoes.

Short on time? Try Chickpea Salad Wraps (15 min).

Tips for chickpeas

• Mash drained chickpeas with mayonnaise and lemon for a sandwich or wrap filling that needs no cooking.
• Keep the liquid from the can: it whips like egg white and can replace eggs in some baking.
• Add a drained can of chickpeas to a tomato pasta sauce or a soup to make it more filling.
• Two cans of chickpeas make a curry for four.
• Roast drained and dried chickpeas with oil and spices for a crunchy snack.