I love how easy it is to cook dry chickpeas in a pressure cooker. I used to cook my beans in the slow cooker but that all changed when I bought a pressure cooker, which also goes by the name of Instant Pot. Cooking beans or chickpeas in a pressure cooker takes less than an hour compared to 6 hours in a slow cooker. So the time thing is why I love using my pressure cooker instead of my slow cooker. The chickpeas or garbanzo beans have the same great taste too. When you cook the chickpeas they do not have any salt or preservatives on them nor is there the worry of things like BPA and other can food dangers.
I use chickpeas in many recipes
I admit that I sometimes use canned chickpeas and keep a couple of cans in my pantry for emergencies when I am hungry and don't want to wait even an hour for my garbanzo beans to cook. So when I do cook a batch of dried chickpeas in my pressure cooker, I always double the recipe and freeze the extra chickpeas. I like to freeze the cooked chickpeas in batches of 1-2 cups so I can just thaw them and use them in recipes like my homemade red pepper hummus. These delicious beans freeze so well and taste great too. Cooking dried chickpeas is also a money saver. One pound dried garbanzo beans is equal to about 4 cans of chickpeas. So you are saving lots of money!
Chickpeas make a great vegan tuna salad
One of my favorite ways to use chickpeas is in vegan tuna salad. This plant-based recipe looks and tastes just like tuna salad but contains no real tuna so it is a perfect vegetarian recipe for a meatless meal. You have to try this recipe! I also love to roast cooked garbanzo beans for a tasty snack that is so easy to make. Homemade roasted garbanzo beans are so delicious and are a heart-healthy snack.
Chickpeas are so easy to cook in the pressure cooker
Check out this recipe for easy to make hummus
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How To Cook Chickpeas In A Pressure Cooker
Healthy Chickpeas cook so easy in a pressure cooker. Better than canned and quick to make.
ingredients:
- 2 cups dry chickpeas or garbanzo beans
- 6 cups of water
instructions:
- Rinse the chickpeas and pick out any stones.
- Add the chickpeas along with the water to the pressure cooker pot insert.
- Close the lid with the vent in sealing position.
- Set the pressure cooker for 40 minutes and press start.
- When the cooking time is up, turn off the pressure cooker and do a natural release for 10 minutes. Then further release the steam and drain the liquid from the chickpeas.
- Use the chickpeas in a recipe or place in the fridge. The chickpeas freeze well in small batches of 1-2 cups.
Thank you for sharing this! I love chickpeas, but it takes a million years in the slow cooker. Time to bust out my Instant Pot!
ReplyDeleteI love chickpeas, but had no idea I could make them in my pressure cooker. Thanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing about chickpeas but I have never had them. Maybe I will try them out and if they're good, then I can use this recipe!
ReplyDeleteI tried to make chick peas once. It didn't go well. I definitely need to try them in the pressure cooker!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I totally need to have a pressure cooker! Thanks for all the info friend!
ReplyDeleteI love chickpeas! I don't have a pressure cooker, but I have been wanting one something fierce! This seems like it would be a good recipe to try out once I get my cooker.
ReplyDeleteI never even thought to cook chickpeas in the pressure cooker! It is amazing what can be prepared in these machines.
ReplyDeleteI have an Instant Pot but have never cooked chickpeas. Will have to try it out one day.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to try this. I want to make my own hummus. I love using my instant pot.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea... so healthy! I need to make this. Instant pots are amazing.
ReplyDeleteI love making hummus. I've never tried cooking chickpeas in the pressure cooker. I'll have to give it a go.
ReplyDeleteI feel kinda stupid, lol. I didn't know you could buy dry chickpeas and cook them. I've only seen them in a can. I bet these taste a lot better. I know other beans I make taste much better when I make them from dry beans in the pressure cooker.
ReplyDeleteWe love chickpeas but I usually buy them in the cans. Never thought about cooking them in the Insta pot. Thanks for the stick
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea to put them in the pressure cooker. I like them in the can. I've never tried them any other way.
ReplyDeleteI have got to try this! You can use chickpeas for so many awesome health recipes too!
ReplyDeleteAnother great money saving tip, and let's be honest, they all add up. I love chick peas, just so versatile.
ReplyDeleteChickepeas are my favorite. I generally make a Chole recipe with it. It turns out yummy.
ReplyDeleteI like chickpeas but I get the ones that are already precooked. I guess the dry ones cooked in a pressure cooker would be better, because it would not have as much salt as the canned ones, and no preservatives too!
ReplyDeleteI hardly ever cook, but I do love hummus. Seems like all I need now is a pressure cooker.
ReplyDeleteWow. This is a good idea! I am sure this is pretty convenient especially to busy moms like me.
ReplyDeletewow! It's so easy to make chickpeas in the pressure cooker! Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely recipe to cook and show everyone. I'm in love with healthy meals. I fell for this already.
ReplyDeleteI love chickpeas and i love my pressure cooker, this is the easiest thing ever.
ReplyDeleteI actually didn't know that you could cook chickpeas in the slow cooker! How easy and delish!
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