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Chickpea anxiety is real. We can help.
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Roasted Broccoli and Chickpeas With Mole Verde
At the grocery store, I am a wide-eyed baby with a wholly undeveloped sense of object permanence. What do I have at home? Your guess is as good as mine. It wouldnt hurt to grab a can of beans, you know, just in case the reserves are low.
Well, peekaboo. At present writing, there are nine cans of chickpeas in my pantry. (There is also one can of Great Northern white beans and one can of refried beans for good measure. I am, terrifyingly, out of black beans.)
No other ingredient lines my shelves in such quantities; chickpeas are the linchpin of so many satisfying, delicious under-30-minute meatless meals. This affliction we like to call it chickpea anxiety over here extends to many readers of The Veggie. I do the exact same thing! a reader wrote me last year. And why not other beans that can fill out a meal just as well?
This week, Im taking this dilemma to the small screen (rotate that phone, sweetie) in the latest episode of our Veggie video series. With a surplus of chickpeas, your options range from the obvious to the unexpected.
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So You Have 12 Cans of Chickpeas. Now What? (Original Post)
Celerity
Oct 12
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True Dough
(25,197 posts)1. What if
I have one can containing 12 chickpeas?
Celerity
(53,151 posts)2. try to be more careful next time
eppur_se_muova
(40,570 posts)3. HUMMUS !!
America's Test Kitchen has a recipe for making hummus which gets good ratings -- it includes baking soda and tahini, and was meant to emulate the product of the best hummus vendors in Israel. Recipe itself is behind ATKs paywall, but there's a SewerTube version (which I would never link otherwise):
Here's a much simpler recipe which doesn't require removing the skins ! I've used an even shorter simpler, recipe which left the skins on and it was fine, so this should be my next try: https://cookieandkate.com/best-hummus-recipe/comment-page-15/
There are tons of hummus recipe online, including ones that don't use tahini and many that don't peel the chickpeas. Here's an updated, very recent version that includes the skins: https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-hummus-from-scratch-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-107560
And even ATK decided to try leaving the skins on: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/how_tos/6567-how-to-make-really-creamy-hummus-without-peeling-the-chickpeas
No chips and dips in front of the TV at our house -- it's hummus and lightly toasted pita, for however long it lasts!
(Here's that "simpler" recipe I mentioned -- unfortunately, I can't credit the creator, as I lost the printout and have only hand-scribbled notes:
15 oz can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2-4 T water (I use 3)
2 T olive oil (I use 3)
1 T lemon juice
1 garlic clove, minced (I use garlic powder -- fine for sauces, mixes, anything where it's blended in anyway)
3/4 t cumin (I use 1+1/4)
1/4-1/2 t salt
Toss in blender or food processor and run the motor until it's creamy enough to suit you. I found the extra cumin really made it work for me.)
LudwigPastorius
(13,842 posts)4. "So You Have 12 Cans of Chickpeas. Now What?"
The civilization-ending apocalypse better have occurred...cause that's the only way I'm eating them.