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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Traybake recipes
Spinach, chard and chickpea puff pie
This rich vegan pie is filled with slowly caramelised onions, plenty of wilted greens and creamy chickpeas. Baked in a...
Vegetarian Christmas dinner recipes
Root vegetable, chickpea, and feta tart
Looking for a stonking vegetarian main for a dinner party or the Christmas table or that looks the business but...
Easy whole fish recipes
Chorizo-stuffed sea bream with houmous and beans
Taking inspiration from various parts of the Mediterranean, this chorizo-stuffed bream dish is sunshine on a plate. The flavoursome oil...
Lamb mince recipes
Lamb meatball traybake
Step away from your boring dinner routine and make this lamb meatball traybake immediately! The fresh salsa makes the most...
30-minute meal recipes
Fried artichokes with chickpeas, roasted tomatoes and mascarpone
“This is a fresh, celebratory centrepiece that is perfect scooped up with slices of fresh bread. Tinned artichokes are available...
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. Scattered...
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....
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...
Easy student recipes
Harissa chickpea stew with crispy halloumi
Slow-cooked chickpeas topped with crispy halloumi makes for an easy and satisfying midweek meal. Batch cook and freeze the chickpeas...
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...
Indian side dishes
Pickle-spiced chickpeas (aachari chole)
Chetna Makan’s easy spiced chickpeas (aachari chole) can be served as a side or vegan main. Simmer chickpeas with tomatoes...
Indian side dishes
Chickpea gnocchi with padrón peppers and spinach coconut sauce
Vivek Singh’s fluffy chickpea gnocchi are delicious served with a spinach coconut sauce and padron peppers. This dish is great...
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...
Halloumi recipes
Fried halloumi salad with charred hispi cabbage
This fried halloumi salad has it all: salty and tangy halloumi, caramelised charred cabbage and crunchy sweet beetroot slaw. There’s...
Recipes using chickpeas
Sweetcorn houmous with lamb chops and tomatoes
We’ve topped homemade sweetcorn houmous with spiced lamb chops and roasted cherry tomatoes for a quick and easy family dinner....
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