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40 recipes to use up a can of chickpeas

Adding protein and bulk to soups, stews, salads and patties, here are our favourite ways to utilise this pantry hero.

40 recipes
Sweet potato and lentil curry topped with crispy chickpeas and yoghurt.

Sweet potato and lentil curry with roasted spiced chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
There's no shortage of avocado in this grain salad.
EASY

Farro, corn, chickpea and avocado salad with chipotle lime dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
An Indian-inspired snack of spice roasted potatoes, chickpeas and mint yoghurt.
EASY

Kind-of roasted potato chaat with mint yoghurt and crisp chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Taking the chickpeas to a dark colour when roasting helps them to hold their crunch.
EASY

Green goddess tuna salad with crispy chickpeas

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pumpkin, chickpea and chermoula pies with optimum crisp filo coverage.

Chermoula roast pumpkin and chickpea filo pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
This salad will get you back on the roasted cauliflower bandwagon.
EASY

Roasted cauliflower, chickpea and herb salad with harissa and honey dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Roast pumpkin soup with merguez sausage, chilli, chickpeas and a swirl of rose harissa.
EASY

Roast pumpkin soup with chickpeas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Lamb kofta with freekeh salad and harissa yoghurt.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's lamb kofta with freekeh salad and harissa yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This substantial salad is a study in contrasts.
EASY

Roasted pumpkin and chickpea salad with herby yoghurt tahini dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Crispy pasta nests with chickpeas and kale.
EASY

Katrina Meynink's one-pan tagliatelle with chickpeas, greens and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Haloumi, zucchini, Israeli cous cous salad.
EASY

Haloumi, zucchini and cous cous salad with tomato chutney dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Chickpea and potato curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Chana aloo (chickpea and potato curry)

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Braised duck legs with carrots, chickpeas, orange and anise.

Karen Martini's duck with chickpeas, carrots, orange and anise

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Lamb and chickpea stuffed onions.

Middle Eastern lamb-stuffed slow-roasted onion cups

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Potato soup with celeriac, chickpeas and cabbage

Potato soup with celeriac, chickpeas and cabbage

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
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This one-pot wonder will warm you up.
EASY

Warm chickpea and rice one-pot wonder with yoghurt and greens

  • Katrina Meynink
No, that's not American mustard, it's turmeric and harissa yoghurt.

Green lentil, feta, chickpea and spice bomb burger with turmeric and harissa yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Chickpea pancakes topped with avocado, onion salad and a fried egg.

Gluten-free chickpea pancakes with avocado

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Chunky pumpkin and chickpea curry.

Karen Martini's pumpkin and chickpea coconut curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Herby cous cous with creamy avocado tahini.
EASY

Green cous cous with avocado tahini

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Serve this tomato and chickpea curry with flaky roti bread (or croissants!).

Tomato and chickpea curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Danielle Alvarez gives stuffed mushrooms a modern, Middle Eastern makeover.

Falafel-stuffed mushrooms with tahini sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Mexican style pork and chickpea soup

Neil Perry's Mexican pork and chickpea soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Garlicky sweet potato and chickpea soup served with spiced red onion and feta scones.
EASY

Garlic, sweet potato and chickpea soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
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Turmeric, ginger and coconut create a brightly coloured, flavour-packed dressing.

Chickpea and tomato salad with coconut dressing

  • Danielle Alvarez
Hummus

Hummus

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Roast potato and chickpea curry.
EASY

Creamy Bengali-style roast potato and chickpea curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Spicy cauliflower and chickpeas.

Spicy cauliflower and chickpeas with minted yoghurt

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Comfort in a bowl: use the crispy pita to scoop the creamy chickpea stew.
EASY

Eggplant and chickpea fetteh

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Chickpea and tuna fritters.
EASY

Chickpea and tuna patties

  • < 30 mins
  • Jane and Jeremy Strode
Braised sweet potato, pumpkin and parsnip with cous cous.
EASY

Sweet potato, pumpkin and parsnip with chickpeas and spinach

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Smoky chickpea, aubergine and tomato one pot.

Smoky chickpea, eggplant and tomato one-pot casserole taco filling recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rachel Khoo
Pumpkin, spinach and roasted chickpea salad.

Pumpkin, spinach and roasted chickpea salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Indian tomato and chickpea soup.

Indian tomato and chickpea soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Warm felafel salad with hummus and tomato
EASY

Warm falafel salad with hummus and tomato

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Tunisian breakfast soup with greens.
EASY

Tunisian breakfast soup with greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix

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