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Crispy Roasted Chickpeas

These crispy roasted chickpeas are anything but addictive. Don’t worry, these are healthy oven roasted super crispy snack perfect for you snack cravings! So munch on these crunchy snack, GUILT-FREE!
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 223kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 15 ounce chickpeas rinsed, drained, dried, peeled
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Seasoning –

  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 teaspoon Paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • About 1 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

  • Pre heat oven to 400 F
  • Dry chickpeas - soak overnight and next morning cook in enough water until half done. Drain well.
  • Canned chickpeas -  rinse and drain well. Rinsing canned chickpeas removes excess starch resulting in crunchier chickpeas.
  • Drained chickpeas need to be dried on kitchen towel. Pat dry well.
  • Remove the papery skin on chickpeas by pressing it between your fingers. A gentle press should remove the skin on. This step is optional.
  • Spread chickpeas on greased baking tray and roast chickpeas in pre heated oven for 10-15 minutes. Remember we are roasting naked chickpeas, no seasoning yet.
  • Then remove slightly cooked chickpeas from oven, add olive oil, all the seasonings and put it back on baking tray in single layer.
  • Bake until done. Will take about 35-40 minutes in total. Stir a few times for even roasting during the baking time.
  • Once roasted well, crack open oven door slightly and let the chickpeas stay on baking sheet inside the oven. While chickpeas cook inside the oven it will turn crunchier.
  • Remove baking tray from oven scoop over roasted chickpea on to serving bowl if serving.
  • If you want to store baked chickpeas, let it cool completely and then store in air tight container. These should stay crunchy for upto a week.

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Notes

  1. Remove Chickpea Skin : I know, this is tedious job, peeling papery skin off each chickpea, but removing skin helps chickpeas crisp up better. 
  2. Canned Chickpeas : If you plan to use canned chickpeas, make sure chickpeas are rinsed and drained well.
  3. Dry : Remove as much moisture from chickpeas (for both canned or homemade cooked chickpeas) using paper towel. Moisture will prevent chickpeas from crisping up. Less moisture = Crispy chickpeas.
  4. Flavor it Up : Roast chickpeas plain first. Then add the flavors you want to and roast again. 
  5. Crack Open Oven Door : this is very useful tip. Once baking time is done, crack open over door slightly and leave chickpeas inside the oven for about 15 minutes. As the chickpeas sits in the oven and cools down, it turn get more crunchier.
Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition

Serving: 0g | Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 363mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 731IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 4mg