All it takes are a few ingredients to make delicious and nutritious home cooked Greek Chickpeas!
Greek Chickpeas
An easy way to prepare chickpeas from scratch for all of your favorite hummus, falafel, curries, salads, and soups. They are tasty just as they are too! I love their subtle herb and lemon flavors.
Ingredients
- 3 C. Chickpeas dried, rinsed, and soaked for 8 hours or so
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 carrot chopped
- 2 T. Yellow bell pepper chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 t. Cumin powder
- 1/2 t. Coriander powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 t. Black pepper ground
- 1 t. Salt or to taste
- 1 T. Lemon juice
- 1 T. Lemon zest
Instructions
- Rinse and soak your chickpeas for about 8 hours. Overnight works well. Be sure to cover with several inches of water, they really plump up.
- After they have soaked, rinse well and drain the chickpeas.
- Either oil or water sauté you onions until tender. Add the carrot, bell pepper, garlic, cumin, oregano, coriander, bay leaves, and black pepper.
- Cook for about a minute until fragrant.
- Add chickpeas and water to cover by at least an inch. Bring to a simmer and cook for about an hour with pot lid cracked. Check for doneness by putting a bean on a plate. If it smashes easily with a fork it is cooked.
- Next, add salt, lemon juice, and zest. Adjust seasoning to your taste.
Notes
I freeze the extra beans in 2 C. Containers to always have home cooked beans ready.
You can also just eat this as a soup, if you add extra water.
You can also just eat this as a soup, if you add extra water.
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