Spicy Roasted Chickpeas

Name: Spicy Roasted Chickpeas
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 3/4-1 tablespoon chili powder; 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 lime, wedged

Submitted by JanetB-KY

"Posting this for ZWT 2006, this takes the common chickpea and makes it into a spicy snack food."

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Ready In:: 22mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 2 cups

ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas
3 tablespoons olive oil
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon pepper
³⁄₄ - 1 tablespoon chili powder
¹⁄₈ - ¹⁄₄ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 lime, wedged

directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Rinse chickpeas in colander; drain well, shaking to remove as much water as possible.
Combine chickpeas, olive oil, salt and pepper in baking pan large enough to hold chickpeas in a single layer.
Bake 15 minutes or until chickpeas begin to brown, shaking pan twice to brown evenly.
Add chili powder and cayenne to taste; bake an additional 5 minutes or until dark golden-red.
Serve with lime wedges.

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Reviews

Dee-lishious!!! I LOVED these! Made recipe exactly as written except for the oven temp. I was roasting broccoli at 450 degrees so I roasted the chicke peas at that temp for 15 minutes and they were perfect!! Will make time and again. Thanks for the awesome keeper, Janet!!

KPD123
This was a unique way to make chick peas! I added these to my taco salad. My chick peas got very crispy (I kept taste testing as they cooked) but I found I liked them in between, that the more crispy they got, the drier they got, too. This is a personal preference. I also used a lot less of the spices and added a few sprigs of fresh rosemary. Thanks Janet, for the innovative recipe. Roxygirl

Roxygirl in Colorado
Too spicy for me.

groffja
These were good! I'm sure I'll make them again and perhaps experiment with different spices, like curry. I do think 2TB of oil would have been enough for the amount of chickpeas I had, though. I kept leftovers in the refrigerator...the peas weren't completely dry/crisp when cool, so I thought they would spoil if kept at room temp.

Fash4515
Really enjoyed these. Left them in the oven for about half an hour as they wouldnt crisp up. (I think I had it on too low English ovens dont go upto 400!) They were really good and made a great addition to my bento box with some Edamame.

PinkCherryBlossom