a really delicious and healthy vegan snack. these have a nice amount of fiber and some protein even if you only eat a quarter of them. goes great straight or on salads or in soups. Good in vegan chicken salad too.

drain a can of chick peas, add a teaspoon of garlic olive oil, a few tablespoons of spice and stir well. air fry 12 minutes at 400°f/200°c stirring twice. top with fresh herbs and serve hot!

These are seasoned with onion powder, garlic salt and cumin and topped with parsley.

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 months ago

    I love making air fried chick peas. I usually put lemon pepper seasoning on them, just because I have a lot of it that I need to use, but it tastes great.

  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world
    72·
    3 months ago

    For a non vegan version of this I like to fry chick peas in bacon fat and then either eat them as is or add them to my eggs. The frying changes the texture a lot.

  • FoxyFerengi@startrek.website
    5·
    3 months ago

    Those look so good! What kind of air fryer do you have? I don’t know if I keep buying ones that don’t circulate air well enough or if it’s something else, but between the two I’ve owned I haven’t gotten a nice crisp on anything

    • VioletSoftness@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      So i picked up these thin gauge wire mesh baskets at the dollar store for a couple bucks and i found that stacking them with one facing down and then the other facing up on top of the first gets things really crispy. I haven’t had much problem getting things crispy in general though even with my other containers and plates. It’s an Instant Pot standalone air fryer, few years old model.

  • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 months ago

    let’s say i want to go from dried. would tossing them in the electric pressure cooker for 45 minutes, natural release, get me a nice soft chickpea that’s too soft for this? that’s what we do for hummus and it’s smooth as something that’s really smooth after we toss it in the blender

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 months ago

        I’m not the greatest simile dude of all time, that’s my buddy C to whom I make tributes (who makes similes like some guy who is paid to make similes but really half-asses it just for fun)

    • VioletSoftness@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      yes i usually do an hour and manual release and they are plenty soft enough. I put 48oz of veggie stock in with 1lb of dried beans to really flavor maxx. to get them can firm you might try 30 minutes.

      • sparklehedgehog@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        I have been having trouble getting my beans cooked all the way through but not falling apart. How do you do this? I have yet to achieve “can firm”, even in an instant pot.

  • brown567@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    3 months ago

    This looks incredible! It’s good to see vegan dishes that aren’t trying to pretend to be meat. You can do things with chickpeas that no meat could even dream of imitating!

  • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldM
    4·
    3 months ago

    I’ve done this basically any seasoning you can find on corn nuts. But it’s easier than working with hominy.

  • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    3 months ago

    That looks so tasty. I was just horfing some hummus and now I want some crunch and that looks perfect. Thanks for the recipe!

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I’ve recently started horfing hummus with veggies myself. I didn’t know they make so many kinds these days. Even that damn “hot honey” trend is available in hummus.

      I plan to start making my own at home soon. It looks super easy. I just need a food processor/blender.

      • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        4·
        3 months ago

        Oh yeah I forgot about how good it is with a crunchy veggie I like it with carrots and celery and stuff. I haven’t tried the hot honey, sounds good though, but Aldi has a “significantly spicy” red pepper one I’ve been obsessed with. The pepper and heat really go well.

        I just brought that up with my partner about making our own cos I used to make it a lot at a bar I worked at. Very easy to whip up and then you’re free to really experiment with flavors to mix with it

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    8·
    3 months ago

    I basically air fry all my beans at this point, it totally turned me around on beans. I used to just think of them as a necessary evil to get my protein, but I’ll just eat air fried beans by the handful lol