How to Prepare Dried Chickpeas
Chickpeas are a vegan staple ! Follow this guide to learn how to prepare dried chickpeas. It's a really simple and cheap alternative to buying canned chickpeas.
Ingredients
- 500 g dried chickpeas
- 5 cups water and more for soaking
Instructions
- Rinse the dried chickpeas and soak in water for 8 hours or overnight. There should be a 1 cm height of water above the chickpeas as they'll absorb some water and expand.
- The next day, drain the chickpeas and transfer to a large pot with the 5 cups of water. On medium-high heat, bring the chickpeas to a rolling boil, 15 minutes or so.
- Reduce the heat to low and leave to simmer for another 15 minutes. The chickpeas should have softened enough so that you can pierce through them with a fork.
- Turn off the heat and leave the chickpeas in the pot for as long as 8 hours (they'll continue to soften) or use immediately.
Notes
If you aren't in a hurry, you can also freeze the chickpeas after soaking them. Defrosted chickpeas cook faster, so you don't have to cook them for so long on the stove.
Cooked chickpeas will last 1 week in the fridge and more than 6 months in the freezer.
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