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How to Cook and Store Chickpeas

April 14, 2015 By Gloria 7 Comments

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Chickpeas are my all time favourite legumes. Not only because I adore hummus but also because they make fantastic salads and are nice additions to soups and stews. Apart from having a very nice nutty flavour they come packed with protein, fiber and exceptional levels of iron, vitamin B-6 and magnesium. So how to add these little peas to your daily diet? The easiest way to go would be via ready made dips like hummus or buying them in cans, which provide them in an already cooked state. For those who prefer to stay clear of processed foods like me, this is hardly a permanent solution. Cooking them from scratch every single day would be a very time-consuming task though because the whole process of soaking and cooking easily takes over two hours to still enjoy home cooked chickpeas on a nearly daily basis I cook large batches and freeze them for later use. That way you have all the chickpeas you want and whenever you need them without the hassle. You can of course cook more or less chickpeas than I do but this is the quantity that I usually use when restocking cooked chickpeas or garbanzo beans as some may call them. 

how to cook and store chickpeas

Ingredients: metric ( imperial )

  • 1 kg  (2 lb 3 oz) chickpeas
  • 1 tsp salt – optional

Chickpeas, like any other legume, need to be soaked for two reasons. It makes the beans more digestible and helps the cooking process because they get softened beforehand. Ideally, you soak them overnight but you can speed this process up.

Place the chickpeas in a large pot and cover them with water. Rather use too much than too little water since the chickpeas will double in size. Bring the water to a boil, cook the chickpeas for 2-3 minutes, remove them from the hot stove and let them soak for an hour. 

how to cook and store chickpeas

Drain the Chickpeas and rinse them. Add fresh water and salt them if you want. I add about 1 teaspoon of salt to this amount of chickpeas. You can however also leave the salt out as it is totally optional. Boil them 60-90 minutes until tender. If you want to use them in stews you might want to stop cooking them while they still have some bite left. I tend to boil mine for the nearly full 90 minutes because I use these in hummus or salads and I prefer them very tender. When they are cooked to your liking, drain them in a colander and let the excess water steam away.

how to cook and store chickpeas

Once cooled down to room temperature spread them on baking trays lined with baking parchment or any other trays you have. I use pizza forms since they fit snugly into the stop shelf of my freezer. Feel free to stack the trays on top of each other but make sure the chickpeas on each tray are in one single layer to make sure they don’t stick to each other. Freeze them like this for an hour. Once they are frozen you can transfer them into a large zip-lock bag or an airtight container and place them back in the freezer. They will behave nicely and not stick to each other by using this technique. 

how to cook and store chickpeas

 

So now that you know how to cook and store chickpeas you can easily make your own batch. If you want to use chickpeas the following days or weeks, treat them like you would treat frozen peas or frozen vegetables. Cook them for a few minutes in hot water or let them thaw slowly. 

In case you are not very familiar with chickpeas or don’t know how to add them to your diet revisit my blog the next days. I will be adding recipes containing them in the following weeks. It will be recipes ranging from hummus and falafel to stews and light summer salads.

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  1. Shona says

    July 24, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    I got a pressure cooker recently. Do you ever use those? Can you cook chickpeas in them?

    Reply
  2. Bree says

    May 18, 2016 at 11:22 am

    How is the consistency when you thaw them?

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  3. Mona says

    June 9, 2016 at 12:38 am

    I just ordered a huge bulk of chickpeas. Can’t wait to try this next weekend. In this household we eat about 2 cans per day – imagine the waste reduction!

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    • Gloria says

      June 10, 2016 at 12:32 pm

      That would be quite a bit! Love, G. =D

      Reply
    • Hadiar abbas says

      June 19, 2019 at 11:04 pm

      I want to store the in glass jars and brine ,,,is it possible and how

      Reply
  4. Gloria says

    June 26, 2015 at 10:23 am

    Yes you can, I just find that I use chick peas more than anything as we eat a lot of hummus. Also right now is not the time for big bean stews so I have not yet posted about beans yet.

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  1. Nora says:
    June 25, 2015 at 7:40 am

    What a time saver to pre-cook them. Can you do that with any pea or bean?

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