When having guests over, you want to make sure you have something for them to snack on while dinner is being prepared -my roasted spicy chickpeas with lemon aioli will do just the trick. You can buy already cooked chickpeas and just roast them if that works better for your busy schedule.
Roasted spicy chickpeas with lemon aioli
Author: bakesinslippers
Ingredients
- 12 oz dried chickpeas (garbanzo beans) cooked and drained as directed, or two drained cans of chickpeas
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 1 T cumin
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper
- a good pinch of coarse sea salt
- Aioli: ½ cup mayo
- zest of one medium lemon
- 1 tsp djion mustard
- 2 T lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper, drizzling oil on pan and placing in the oven while it preheats
- Combine cumin, cayenne pepper and sea salt in a bowl and mix with chickpeas
- Place on hot baking sheet and cook until crispy 10-12 minutes
- Place on serving dish and serve with lemon aioli (see below)
- For aioli, combine all ingredients in a small bowl and serve with your spicy chickpeas!
Shout out to Trisha from The Lazy Mom’s Cooking Blog for suggesting the aioli to accompany the appetizer!
I love chickpeas! These look delicious and I love the aioli!
Yay for chickpeas!
I was just thinking roasted chickpeas would be a great ingredient in a Chopped! Thanks for the recipe!
Pinned!
I recently made a similar recipe but your lemon aioli sounds and looks so much better!
These sound so good, I love roasted chickpeas.
OMG Janelle these look too good to be true! I’m absolutely in love.
Oh! Yummy, crunchy goodness!!
Such a fabulous idea. Do you dip the chickpeas in the aioli or put chickpeas on the plate and spoon some of that gorgeous aioli over?
I spooned them over, but the choice is yours!
Been thinking of giving roasted chickpeas a try. I really like the combination of spices you used!
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Thanks so much Cynthia!
I have seen similar recipes but yours really makes me want to try this one at home.
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Let me know what you think!
Oooo these sound delicious. I never used to like chickpeas but then I fell in love with hummus and now I want to try them with other things
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Thanks Laura, this combination works well together. Enjoy!