Recipes using chickpeas
What is a chickpea? Well, it’s a legume, but more importantly chickpeas are a versatile, protein-filled and budget option for many a meal – in their own right, or to bulk out a main course. They’re a brilliant choice for those who don’t eat meat. You might also see them labelled garbanzo beans.
So if you have a tin or jar lurking in your cupboard we’ve got lots of quick and easy ideas for using them up, including Moroccan chickpeas, falafel and chickpea curries.
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Weeknight recipes
Sausages with braised celery and chickpeas
Braising celery is something you need to try. This easy, hands-off sausage stew combines it with sausages, creamy chickpeas and chilli.
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Recipes using chickpeas
Chickpeas with chorizo and herbs
Dish up an effortless weeknight dinner of chickpeas with chorizo and fresh herbs. This dish can also be made ahead for a barbecue side dish.
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Traybake recipes
Spinach, chard and chickpea puff pie
This vegan pie is filled with caramelised onions, plenty of wilted greens and creamy chickpeas. Bake in a tray with shop-bought puff pastry,
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Vegetarian Christmas dinner recipes
Root vegetable, chickpea, and feta tart
Looking for a vegetarian main that looks impressive but doesn’t take hours to make? Sabrina Ghayour's root veg and feta tart is the answer.
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Easy whole fish recipes
Chorizo-stuffed sea bream with houmous and beans
Taking inspiration from various parts of the Mediterranean, this chorizo-stuffed sea bream dish is sunshine on a plate.
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Lamb mince recipes
Lamb meatball traybake
Step away from your boring dinner routine and make this lamb meatball traybake immediately! See ya later, washing up.
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30-minute meal recipes
Fried artichokes with chickpeas, roasted tomatoes and mascarpone
Roasted tomatoes piled high with crispy fried artichokes, chickpeas and mascarpone makes for a celebratory vegetarian centerpiece.
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Air fryer recipes
Air fryer carrots and chickpeas with ricotta
Cooking chickpeas in the air fryer turns them deliciously crisp; carrots turn out tender with just a little bite.
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African recipes
Merguez sausages with crispy chickpeas and preserved lemon yogurt
Merguez sausages with crispy, roasted chickpeas makes a flavoursome alternative to bangers and mash. Serve with dollops of lemony yogurt.
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Recipes using chickpeas
Cheesy baked polenta with garlic butter, mushrooms and chickpeas
Top cheesy baked polenta with mushrooms, pesto, chickpeas and garlicky butter for a budget vegetarian dinner with a big flavour punch.
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Easy student recipes
Harissa chickpea stew with crispy halloumi
This slow-cooked chickpea stew topped with crispy halloumi makes for an easy and satisfying midweek meal. Batch cook the dish ahead of time.
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Favourite lamb recipes
Pan rösti with spiced lamb, spinach and chickpeas
Stuck in a dinner rut? For a delicious midweek meal with a difference, try crisp rösti topped with spiced lamb mince, spinach and chickpeas.
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Indian side dishes
Pickle-spiced chickpeas (aachari chole)
Chetna Makan's spiced chickpeas (aachari chole) can be served as a side or vegan main. Simmer chickpeas with tomatoes and spices until tender.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Prawn and chorizo skewers with yogurt, chickpeas and rocket
Our juicy prawn and chorizo skewers are an easy barbecue recipe with bags of flavour. Serve on a bed of rocket, yogurt and spiced chickpeas.
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Indian side dishes
Chickpea gnocchi with padrón peppers and spinach coconut sauce
Serve Vivek Singh's fluffy chickpea gnocchi with spinach coconut sauce and padron peppers on its own or as part of an Indian feast.
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Healthy salad recipes
Houmous, beetroot and avocado salad
This flavour-packed beetroot and avocado salad includes Omega-3 rich houmous with flaxseed carrots and feta for a healthy, filling lunch
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