Good Recipes With Garbanzo Beans

You’re probably thinking that this looks like such a simple and not-so-exciting side dish. But wait until you taste it! Roasting garbanzo beans (also known as chickpeas) with olive oil and amazing flavors is such a delicious way to eat them. And serving them with wilted Swiss chard is the perfect combination. I came across this recipe in

There are a few steps to making these roasted garbanzo beans, but don’t let that scare you! There are some make-ahead tips included in the recipe to make it easier, if you’re planning to serve at a dinner where you’ll be busy making a lot of other things.

Yes! The amount of olive oil used for making roasted garbanzo beans has been tested by the folks at Bon Appetit, and it has been proven to be the perfect amount of oil needed to make this recipe turn out to be so good. The resulting dish will be packed with flavor- smooth, nutty and buttery. I wouldn’t change a thing about the recipe.

Vegan Sticky Sesame Chickpeas

When you drain the olive oil, you will find yourself with an olive oil that has been infused with great flavors. Don’t throw it out! Keep the infused oil to rub onto pizza crust. Use it as a base for homemade salad dressing. Dip baguette slices into it. And use it to sauté other things. It’s so good!

I first made this recipe for a gourmet Greek dinner party, and we served it alongside roasted lamb. It was fantastic with the lamb. I think it would also be great served with chicken or beef. And vegetarians may enjoy it served over mashed potatoes.

This recipe has been featured in a post on The Recipe Girl blog: Greek Dinner Party- Main Dishes & Sides. This dish is gluten-free adaptable– please see notes below the recipe.

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Thanks to Tara Liptak from the blog, Smells Like Home for the beautiful photography on this post. Tara is one of the photographers for , and I think she captured the deliciousness of these roasted garbanzo beans very well!Got garbanzo beans? Check out these easy chickpea recipes! With hummus, salads, curries, and more, you're sure to find something you love.

Confession: I love chickpea recipes so much that I almost named this blog “Chickpea Chick.” In retrospect, I’m glad I went in a different direction, but chickpeas are still one of my all-time favorite foods. For starters, they’re healthy, delicious, and packed with plant-based protein, but they’re versatile, too. They can blend into creamy, lemony hummus, bake into crispy, herb-flecked falafel, add protein to a salad, crunch to a grain bowl, and so much more!

Below, you’ll find 22 of my favorite chickpea recipes. They include garbanzo bean basics like roasted chickpeas and hummus, inventive entrées, and everything in between. Because I always have chickpeas in my pantry, these are some of the recipes I cook most often at home. Whether you’re already a chickpea fanatic or are cooking them for the first time, I hope that a few of these recipes make it into your regular rotation too!

Roasted Garbanzo Beans/chickpeas Recipe

They’re salty, they’re crunchy, and they’re so darn easy to make! Sprinkle them over a salad, top them onto a bowl, or eat them straight off the sheet pan as a protein-packed snack.

No list of chickpea recipes could be complete without hummus. You only need 6 ingredients and 5 minutes to make it, so pass the pita chips, please!

Medjool dates and honey goat cheese add sweet notes to this mix of roasted red peppers, fresh veggies, herbs, and chickpeas. A cumin-spiced dressing ties it all together.

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There’s so much to love about this lightened-up Caesar salad recipe! Along with the Caesar salad essentials – romaine lettuce, Parmesan, and plenty of croutons – it features a creamy Greek yogurt dressing, crisp radishes, and roasted chickpeas for extra crunch.

Toasted pine nuts, feta cheese, and chickpeas make this picnic-perfect pasta salad hearty enough to pass as a main or side dish. If you make it ahead of time, save a handful of fresh basil to add at the last minute.

Meet the ultimate lunch salad! Rainbow veggies and a vibrant carrot ginger dressing make it fresh and fun to eat, while toasted seeds, avocado, and crispy roasted chickpeas guarantee that it’ll keep you full till dinnertime.

One Pan Mediterranean Chickpea Dinner

I could eat this mean green grain bowl every night of the week! Chickpeas and quinoa fill it with plant-based protein, kale pesto adds richness, and sauerkraut gives it a bright pop of flavor. I love the combination of roasted cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and parsnips pictured above, but almost any veggie would work here. Use what you have on hand!

This simple grain bowl is what I make for lunch or dinner when no one’s looking. It’s a healthy, humble mix of ingredients I nearly always have in my pantry: chickpeas, quinoa, greens, and sweet potatoes. Just add sea salt, olive oil, and a big squeeze of lemon juice to transform them into a bright, flavorful meal.

I love these wraps so much that I’ve even eaten them for breakfast! They’re stuffed full of shawarma spiced chickpeas, spicy zhoug, creamy yogurt sauce, pickled onions, and as many fresh veggies as can fit.

Chickpea Stew (vegan, Gluten Free)

. It has everything that makes a classic pan bagnat so crave-able – soft baguette, briny flavor, and lots of crisp veggies – but a creamy, no-mayo chickpea salad steps in for the tuna.

Crispy, rich, and packed with fresh herbs, this homemade falafel is just as good as any you’d find at a Middle Eastern restaurant. Serve it with pita, veggies, tahini sauce, and pickled red onions to take it over the top. 

Note: Of all the chickpeas recipes on the blog, this is the only one that requires dried – NOT canned – chickpeas. Do not make this recipe with canned chickpeas, or your falafel will be mushy.

Sweet And Spiced Roasted Chickpeas

Walnuts, garbanzo beans, and brown rice give these smoky, savory veggie burgers their hearty texture. Pile them onto buns with creamy cilantro sauce and your favorite fixings, and dig in!

Since chickpeas are my chicken, I turn to this recipe anytime I’m craving the comfort of chicken noodle soup. Filled with veggies, herbs, and spices, it’s warming, healing, and nourishing.

Make this flexible soup to use up whatever veggies you have on hand. Stray carrots? Toss them in! A handful of spinach? Add it! Because I always have chickpeas in my pantry, I call for them here, but white beans or French green lentils would work well too.

Coconut Curry Garbanzo Beans

There’s more to this curry than meets the eye. Its creamy, aromatic sauce gets its velvety texture and sunny color from a secret ingredient – blended sweet potato!

To be in your repertoire. My simplified version of this chickpea and tomato curry cooks up in 30 minutes flat. Served with a side of warm rice, it’s a satisfying, flavorful weeknight dinner.

A cinnamon-spiced chickpea filling brings out the acorn squash’s sweetness in this hearty vegetarian main dish. For a zesty contrast, top it with bright chimichurri and lemony yogurt sauce.

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Tangy feta cheese melts into an aromatic mixture of marinara sauce, cumin, chickpeas, and kale in this simple weeknight recipe. Dive in with a fork, or, better yet, serve it with naan, pita, or crusty bread for scooping up the warm sauce and cheese.

This curry-spiced cauliflower rice checks all the weeknight-friendly boxes: it’s easy to make, it requires minimal ingredients, and it’s far more than the sum of its parts. Chickpeas give it heft, toasted cashews add crunch, and lime and curry spices fill it with warm, bright flavor.

You could make a thousand variations on this easy pasta recipe, and it would come out delicious every time. Finish it with vegan Parmesan or the real thing, add a splash of white wine or a squeeze of lemon, swap the veggies, or top it with pesto. Pasta + chickpeas are a fantastic blank canvas, and you really can’t go wrong.

Roasted Garbanzos Recipe

If you have a sweet potato and a can of chickpeas in your kitchen, you’re well on your way to making a delicious dinner. Bake the sweet potato, spice up the chickpeas, and mix them with any veggies or herbs you have on hand. When the sweet potato’s tender, stuff it with the chickpea filling, and enjoy!

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We love to eat, travel, cook, and eat some more! We create & photograph vegetarian recipes from our home in Chicago, while our shiba pups eat the kale stems that fall on the kitchen floor.Have you met my all-time favorite chickpea salad recipe? Sure, I have many beloved chickpea salads on the blog already, but this is my tried-and-true favorite from my cookbook, Love Real Food. In the book, I called it the “Outrageous Herbaceous Chickpea Salad, ” which is exactly right!

Minute Skillet Chickpeas

“Here’s a simple chickpea salad that I could eat every single day. It’s bursting with fresh Mediterranean flavors, thanks to chopped bell pepper, parsley, red onion, and celery. Lemon and garlic take it from tasty to transcendent. This salad packs well,