This quick and easy Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas recipe is perfect when craving a delicious snack. You can season with salt and pepper or any of these four flavor combinations.
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I use my Air Fryer quite often. It’s not only for fries, wings, and steak…I also make delicious, quick, and easy snacks. I enjoy using the air fryer for quick snacks with frozen foods.
My favorite snack is chickpeas. I like grabbing a chickpea can and putting it in the air fryer. I roast them, and in less than 20 minutes, I have a delicious snack. They're also great as a salad topper.
I’ve been roasting chickpeas for a while. They’re healthy for you, high in fiber, and are tasty and much less expensive than other snacks you can purchase.
I used to roast them in my oven but found that roasting chickpeas in the oven gave inconsistent results. I can’t stand grabbing one chickpea that is super crispy while the next is a soft, wet mess. The Air Fryer made every single chickpea crispy.
Ingredients Needed
- A can of chickpeas
- Oil to spray on chickpeas
- Seasonings
How to make Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas
First, open and drain a 15.5-oz can of garbanzo beans. Garbanzo beans and chickpeas are the same. I don’t bother rinsing them, but you can do it if you like; make sure to drain them in a colander.
Next, add the drained chickpeas to the air fryer basket, spreading them out across the bottom.
This is how we’ll dry the chickpeas before we add oil.
Close the air fryer basket and set the temperature to 390 degrees Fahrenheit. Set the timer for 17 minutes. After 5 minutes, open the air fryer basket. At this point, your chickpeas should be dry and ready for you to spray them with oil.
I fill my spray bottle with oil for my air fryer cooking.
After spraying the chickpeas with oil, I close the air fryer basket. Then, I continue the cooking cycle and shake the basket every 5 minutes.
When there are about 2 minutes left, I add half of my seasoning combination. This allows the chickpeas to roast without the seasonings burning or falling off.
Continue to cook for the last 2 minutes, and then remove the chickpeas. If you need a little crispier, put them in for a few more minutes. I found that the 17-minute total cooking time was perfect for the chickpeas in my Phillips Air Fryer.
After cooking the chickpeas, place them in a large bowl and pour the remaining seasoning on them. Stir to coat the seasoning on all the chickpeas. Allow them to cool and enjoy.
How to enjoy your chickpeas
These chickpeas can be enjoyed individually as a snack or used in your favorite recipes. Try them on top of a salad in place of croutons.
The Best Oil to Use
For crunchy chickpeas, it's best to use a light oil with a high smoke point, such as avocado oil, which coats well without weighing down the chickpeas or burning them at high temperatures.
Seasoning Options
I suggest you use your favorite seasoning choice. I've included a few in the recipe card below.
Tanya's Notes on Air Fryer chickpeas
- The best results were obtained by drying the chickpeas in the Air Fryer before adding the oil. They should be dry after 5 minutes.
- How long it takes to cook the chickpeas will depend on the Air Fryer brand and size. I suggest checking the doneness of your chickpeas after 15 minutes.
- Add half of the seasoning before the last 2 minutes of air frying and the remainder when the chickpeas are done. I noticed that when I added seasoning too early, it would fall off the chickpeas or taste burnt.
- If you want to make these ahead or have leftover chickpeas, you can store them in a paper bag for a couple of days. I found that storing them in a paper bag was the best way to keep them crispy.
- Have fun with the seasonings! The possibilities are endless.
- The chickpeas may pop in the air fryer. This is normal, just be careful when removing them from the air fryer.
- You do not need to remove the skin from the chickpeas.
I hope you enjoy this healthy snack of roasted chickpeas!
If you're looking for more Air Fryer recipes, try these out:
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Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas
Ingredients
- 15.5 oz can Garbanzo beans drained
- Oil for spraying
Seasonings
Cinnamon Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
Ranch
- 1 Tablespoon ranch dressing packet
Chili Lime
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon true lime
BBQ
- 1 ½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon celery salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Place chickpeas in Air Fryer basket. Set temperature to 390 degrees Fahrenheit and timer to 17 minutes. After 5 minutes, open basket and spray chickpeas with oil and shake basket. Close and continue air frying, shaking about every 5 minutes.
- With about 2 minutes left, open air fryer basket and sprinkle half of the seasoning on the chickpeas. Close and continue air frying for the remaining 2 minutes. Once chickpeas are done, remove and place in a bowl. Sprinkle remainder of the seasoning on the chickpeas and stir to combine. Serve and enjoy.
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Notes
Suggested Tools for Air fryer Chickpeas
I recommend spraying with an oil with a high smoke point. Avocado, olive oil, vegetable oil, or canola oil all work fine. *Calorie information provided does not include seasonings.Nutrition
This post was originally published on February 19, 2019. It has been updated with additional helpful information.
Jan says
I made these using Trader Joe's Chili Lime Spice - AMAZING!!!!! Just sprinkle on to taste...
Holly says
@Jan, this idea sounds amazing!!
Laura says
Preheat first?
Gaye says
Needed a high protein snack for my elderly mother. This fit the bill! Endless seasoning ideas,! Thanks so much for sharing!
Saad says
Are there any alternatives to true lime?
Tanya says
Hi Saad, You could try to squeeze some fresh lime after air frying. The flavor just may not be as strong.
Sara SE says
This is a wonderful recipe! I used taco seasoning.
S says
I’m addicted to the chili lime flavor, haven’t tried the others yet. Thank you!!
Paula says
Excellent
Tanya says
Hi Sandi, I'm sure that it didn't take you five minutes to find the recipe (maybe 2-3 seconds??) but I understand your frustration. However, the majority of my post is the recipe with step by step photos and helpful instructions to ensure everyone that tries the recipes has similiar successful results. I'd hate for my readers to skip the relevant information and have recipe fails so I choose not to have a "jump to recipe" button.
Sharon says
Hi Tanya Itried the garbanzo beans in my air fryer today and they are so good. I did not have much choice in the seasonings on hand so I went with the sugar and cinnamon. I will make them again with another flavor. I am new to the air fryer and I just automatically come to your site when I am using it. I am also trying to ease in to the more plant based way of eating. Thanks for making the instructions so clear
Tanya says
Thank you for the feedback 🙂 So glad you enjoyed the recipe and instructions.
Kasey says
This turned out amazing! I tried the BBQ flavor and the seasoning was spot on. I have no idea what that other person is talking about, there is more than enough seasoning in this recipe and the chickpeas came out perfectly crispy! Love it!
CJ says
I have a Phillips Brio and 17 minutes at 395 does not produce a crunchy snack. Higher temp and add ten minutes. Also the spices shown on finished product for pictures is way more than what is in the recipe. At a 1/2 tsp. of this or that, it is not enough to coat a batch.
Tanya says
Hi CJ, thanks for your input in regards to the time and temp it takes to get crispy chickpeas in your Phillips Brio Air Fryer. As stated in the Notes section of the post, "How long to cook the chickpeas will depend on Air Fryer brand and size. I suggest checking the doneness of your chickpeas after 15 minutes." Also, all the seasonings are either 1 Tbsp or more. I'm not sure which recipe you followed for the seasonings but there is enough to cover an entire batch in this one.
Logan says
@Tanya, I'm confused, because you say that all of the seasonings are 1Tbsp or more, but according to the recipe above (for the BBQ, at least), none of the quantites called for are even 1 Tbsp, let alone more...?
Tanya says
Hi, when you add the amount of each ingredient, they are about 1 Tablespoon each.
Stephanie says
Do you use the air fryer setting or the roast setting?
Tanya says
Air Fryer setting.
Ruma says
Great recipe! Can’t wait to try it 🙂
Do you think I can make these in batches, and how long do you figure I can store them for ?
Do they retain the crispness for a week or two?
Tanya says
Hi Ruma, You can make them in batches. As far as storage goes, they only stayed crispy for me for a couple of days.
Beth says
I make these often in my air fryer all the time. I utilize my instant pot to cook 2 lbs of dry garbanzos instead of using the canned; cook in batches in the air fryer. This an all afternoon of food prepping for me. To store, i cool them completely on a wire rack before storing in an air tight glass container. We have stored them for nearly a month and they were still crispy. This is a snack that all of my kids enjoy which is why we do 2 lbs at a time.
Bandi says
@Tanya, and Ruma: I did two cans and at the end of the 2nd can I put both batches back in my air fryer because I did want it crispy. I don't know if this is what helped, but my chickpeas stayed crunchy for days (it was gone before too long and next time I'll take note). However like all crispy snacky stuffs, I store it in a Mason jar with the lid/ring so that it keeps it away from the air which makes it stale. (Also, if it does get stale I think you can crisp them up again for a minute or two in the air fryer?)
Lisa Asato says
Can you tell us what you mean by "true" lime? Can't wait to try these recipes. Thanks.
Tanya says
Hi Lisa, My apologies. Didn't realize I didn't provide a link. It's like a lime seasoning. You can find it in the spice aisle at most grocery stores. Here's a link to it as well. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Z2O0T4/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_-5HuDbW3T7GD9
Cia says
Since Ive started following a plant based diet my mother has started giving me an insane amount of tinned chickpeas. Thank you for giving me something to do with the dozen or more cans of chickpeas I have in my pantry.
A girl can only eat so much hummus, but these...these I can eat all day everyday!