How to Cook Canned Chickpeas
This is a recipe for how to cook canned chickpeas
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 408kcal
Ingredients
- 1 slice of bacon cut into about 5-6 pieces
- 1 14.5 ounce can of chickpeas drained
- ½ cup water
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground onion powder
- ½ teaspoon ground garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Chives parsley or green onions for garnish
Instructions
- In a medium sized saucepan, place the bacon pieces over medium heat and allow to cook until the bacon is crispy.
- While the bacon is frying, drain the water from the can of chickpeas.
- When bacon is crispy, add the chickpeas, water, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and cayenne pepper and stir well.
- Continue heating over medium heat until heated through, about 4 minutes.
- Garnish with chives, parsley or green onions.
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Notes
- Always drain the can of chickpeas when you open it.
- Chickpeas have a mild flavor and will pick up whatever flavors you add to them, so go for some bolder flavors.
- Generally speaking, you will want to add salt to chickpeas due to their bland flavors.
- Chickpeas cooked in this recipe are delicious, you might want to prepare more than one can if you are having more than yourself for dinner.
Nutrition
Calories: 408kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 672mg | Potassium: 661mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Vitamin C: 2.9mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 6.4mg