Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas are a healthy, high fiber snack or salad topper! So quick and easy to make in the air fryer.
Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas
Air Fryer recipes continue to be my top request and I am not surprised so I am going to share at least one new air fryer recipe here each week! I make these Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas all the time, they get nutty and crunchy when air fried. They make the perfect snack or add a nice crunch to salads or bowls. You can use any spice combination you like – the possibilities are endless. If you don’t have an air fryer, follow my recipe for Roasted Chickpeas in the oven. For more chickpea recipes try my Air Fryer Falafel. and if you want more snack ideas, see my snack recipes here.
While creating my air fryer cookbook, I tested many different air fryers and really like the 7 quart GoWISE Air Fryer, which is powerful yet affordable. I also like the large basket that fits more food and a whole chicken.
Why I Love Making Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas
- Nutrition: Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, pack in a lot of nutrition. They are an excellent source of fiber and protein, so they will keep you full for longer. Plus, they have tons of vitamins and minerals, like zinc and folate.
- Vegetarian: On days I want to go meatless, chickpeas are one of my favorite sources of plant based protein.
- Price: A can of chickpeas costs more or less a dollar, making them a very budget-friendly snack. You can buy packaged crunchy chickpeas, but they are so much more expensive than making them at home.
Air Fryer Chickpea Seasoning Ideas
You can use whatever spices you want for these crispy chickpeas. They are a blank canvas, so get creative! Here are some ideas:
- Cajun seasoning
- Garlic salt
- Blackened seasoning
- Montreal steak seasoning
- Za’atar
- Tajin
- Curry powder
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- Ranch seasoning (garlic and onion powders, salt, pepper, and dried parsley and dill)
How to Roast Chickpeas in the Air Fryer
- Start with dry chickpeas: It’s important to start with dry chickpeas or they won’t get crisp and if they do, they won’t stay crisp. So, first things first – rinse and drain the chickpeas and let dry on paper towels, I usually just leave them out an hour while I do other things.
- Air Fry: Air fry the chickpeas for 12 to 14 minutes at 380 degrees, shaking the basket every five minutes. When they are crunchy and golden brown, they’re ready.
- Season After: Pour the chickpeas into a bowl, spritz with olive oil, and season with spices while they are still hot. Seasoning them before you air fry can result in burnt spices.
Crispy Chickpea Tips:
To ensure your chickpeas get crispy, here are a couple of tips:
- Start with dry chickpeas: Make sure the canned chickpeas are air dried on paper towels before you cook them for best results. Chickpeas that are wet or damp won’t crisp up, and if they do, they won’t stay that way into the next day. Spread the chickpeas out on dry paper towels. Place another towel on top of them, and move the towel across the chickpeas.
- Air Dry: I usually let them sit on my counter after at least an hour if I have the time.
- Re-crisp: If leftover chickpeas get soft you can pop them back in the air fryer 2 to 3 minutes to crisp them back up.
More Chickpea Recipes You’ll Love:
- Escarole and Chickpea Soup with Garlic Toast
- Salmon Coconut Curry with Spinach and Chickpeas
- Harissa Shrimp and Chickpeas
- Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas with Minted Yogurt
- Buffalo Chickpea
Get more air fryer recipes from my latest cookbook, Skinnytaste Air Fryer Dinners!
Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas
Ingredients
- 15 ounce can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- Extra virgin olive oil spray
- 1 teaspoon dried spices of your choice, such as Cajun seasoning, garlic salt, blackened seasoning, montreal steak seasoning, zatar, etc
Instructions
- Drain chickpeas in a colander and transfer to a plate lined with paper towels.
- Let them dry completely.
- Transfer the chickpeas to the air fryer basket in a single layer and air fry 380F about 12 to 15 minutes, shaking the basket every 5 minutes until crunchy on the inside, not moist and golden brown on the outside.
- Transfer the chickpeas to a medium bowl while still hot, spritz all over with olive oil and immediately toss with the spices. Eat at room temperature as a snack or over your favorite salad.
Last Step:
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- Cajun seasoning
- Garlic salt
- Blackened seasoning
- Montreal steak seasoning
- Za’atar
- Tajin
- Curry powder
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- Ranch seasoning (garlic and onion powders, salt, pepper, and dried parsley and dill)
Nutrition
Great texture!
I took dried chickpeas and cooked them in my Instant pot for 45 minutes. Then I dried them and boom!, they were ready to roast up in the Air Fryer. Thanks for the recipe.
These little guys were so tasty! Couldn’t stop eating them and how simple. Thanks for a great little snack recipe. Excited to try a bunch of different seasonings too.
Very good with Cajun spice
As a Weight Watcher this is absolutely perfect to add crunch to salad. In addition you can spice in so many different and tasty ways!
This is a wonderful recipe! The chickpeas came out light and crispy and an added benefit is the assortment of toppings we can use.
I made the chickpea recipe used dried rosemary and sea salt blitzed together in my Nutribullet to give a fine texture. Very pleased with the result. Tasted great
These are yummy. I used garlic powder, a little salt and dried parsley flakes on some and a blended penzy’s spice on the other.
A word of warning …when I removed the air fryer basket to shake them, one popped and a piece of hot chickpea sailed right past my head. So be careful when you open the air fryer!
Love them! Quick, easy, and healthy snack.
This is a perfect recipe! It was delicious and tastier than other recipes I’ve tried. This method differs from what I commonly find when searching for dried chickpea recipes, and this is better.
I also liked having them before they got crunchy. Delicious both ways.
Haven’t tried yet. Wanted to know if you have to take that shell off before roasting?
What if I have a bag if them (already dry). Will they turn out the same as canned ones? I know nothing about chickpeas so be nice to me. Trying to learn.
Dried beans of any kind are completely dehydrated and very hard. You have to hydrate them and then you cook them. For this recipe, they would need to be hydrated and then cooked before you could crisp them in the air fryer. That’s why canned beans are so popular, they’re ready to eat/use. It probably has directions on the bag, but basically you’ll want to put them in a bowl big enough for them to double in size, cover them in water, and leave them out overnight. Then you cook them in on the stove according to the directions. And then they’re ready to dry and air fry
Very good. Added Tajin and salt and made for a pretty good snack. It took me hours for them to be dry, though. And they took less time to cook so I may have overcooked them as they seemed a bit too hard. But maybe that’s how they’re supposed to be?
Kathleen, I’m commenting on your post because I also wondered if I overcooked them. I noticed that I enjoyed the chickpeas better when I checked them a few minutes before they were supposed to be done. My husband likes them crunchier, so next time, I will take mine out early.
Also, I wonder if your chickpeas needed to be out for that long. After I rinsed them, I set them on a clean kitchen towel, gently rubbed another towel over them, and air-dried one hour. That time was sufficient.
It depends on how crispy you like them!
Can this be made with dried chickpeas?
Very easy and tasty, much less expensive and better than buying at the store. Followed directions, only alteration was preheating to 400 because I read directions after.
Perfectly crispy and tasty! Thank you for recipe!
Delicious snack especially with your favorite beer.
Love them. Will make them agsin
Absolutely delicious. I used non stick spray in lieu of olive oil spray, then tossed it all with a Cajun salt mix. I really appreciated the “dry them well” advice. I’ve tried this before in an oven and they just didn’t crisp up. Between drying them well, and the air fryer (don’t turn on the stove and increase your carbon footprint!) This snack recipe is a keeper! Thank you!
This was an easy and tasty recipe and so much less expensive than buying a bag at the store for over $6 when a can of chickpeas is about $1.50 and I always have some on hand anyway. I just sprayed with olive oil and seasoned with Himalayan sea salt. I think I’ll try the cinnamon/sugar idea next time as well.
I’m going to make these today and plan on using cinnamon/sugar! Can’t wait to try them!
Easy excellent healthy snack
Oh my gosh these are too good to be true! I just put Lemon Pepper and lots of garlic powder on them! My only problem is I shouldn’t eat them all at once! These are better than my favorite potato chips!! I’m going to bring them on my weekend kayak trips because the added protein is what I need and they don’t need refrigeration!
Oh my!!! What a great recipe. For my seasoning I used Garlic Parmesan from Pampered Chef.
I tried your recipe for the crispy chickpeas and it was delicious and so easy to make. I can’t wait to try different seasonings on the chickpeas.
if you want to break your teeth this is a good start, or most certainly a way to need dental work
You may have cooked them too long; they were not at all too hard for our teeth.
Brilliant!
Can I make this with dried chickpeas? Do I need to rehydrate them first?
Can I use dry chickpeas ?
No, you always have to rehydrate dried beans
I made a double batch and stopped air frying when they started popping, but I should have kept them in the oven probably another 5-7 minutes. They softened up after cooling so I am toasting them in a 275 oven to see if I can dry them out more. I used tajin for half and creole for the other half. Good flavor.
I’ve made roasted chickpeas in the oven before but it’s usually a 45-60 min process. I got a double door oven type airfryer for Christmas and wanted to try this much quicker version. It only took 14 min and I didn’t have a single burnt pea! I added kosher salt and cayenne pepper for crunchy, spicy craving that is WW approved.
Perfect recipe
These are bomb!
For those like me, wanting them faster, a large colander with a towel under it, & a blow dryer,on hot & high setting. You get totally dry chickpeas in about 5 minutes. You’re welcome! 💐
Great idea on the fast drying idea! Love it and will definitely try this next time! I left mine to dry while I did my grocery shopping.
This was so easy and delicious. So many options to flavor them after air frying.
Great! Easy!
Delicious healthy snack. Super easy to make.
Your tips on washing and drying before air frying were perfect. I used Creole seasoning and they are delicious. Thank you so much.
Perfect! I seasoned mine with chili/lime seasoning and they are a perfect high protein snack!
Great snack. Sprinkled everything but the bagel for the flavor.
Tasty snack!
Both my 3 year old daughter and meat loving husband loved these! I coated them in smoked paprika, garlic and salt, and we used them to top a veg risotto – delicious (and all gone!) Thanks 🙂
Made a huge batch, divided into 3rds, three full trays in my air fryer that’s built into my stove oven. Rotated the trays every 5 minutes, took 25 minutes only because of large amount. They turned out great. I seasoned each tray with a different seasoning. Soooo yummy. Thank you.
Forgot to add that I made the recipe starting from dry garbanzos. Used 2 pounds dry. Yep, big batch, and a lot less expensive that the cashews we seem to devour every evening.
Did you cook the dry garbanzos first, then dry them?
Planning to try these, but wondering if it would make sense to run them through the dehydrator first? Or maybe just dehydrate and skip the air fryer?Either way might make/keep them crispier? Thoughts?
Thank you! This is the first time I’ve ever made crispy chickpeas that I actually love! I’ve tried making them in the air fryer and in the oven before and they never turned out this good. It’s definitely because of cooking them without the oil and seasonings! I ended up putting Buffalo Ranch seasoning on. Delicious!
I have so many of your cookbooks and LOVE them. Look forward to the emails too – great recipes and tips. I have a question on the process for the air fryer chick peas recipe. Most recipes for air fryer chick peas directs to spice BEFORE you place in the air fryer. Your recipe is to spice after the chick peas are cooked. Is there a difference of the spices “sticking” to the chick peas related to the process?
I don’t like how the spices burn if you do it before. They stick perfect as written!
Great easy recipe! I finally was able to make crunchy chic peas! And the tip about reheating soft ones really works well.
Thank you!
Loved them! And, so did my family! Thank you
What is the dressing on the chickpeas salad ? Ranch ? Thanks alot, will definately try in the next few days.
Turned out great!!! I seasoned them with dill, garlic powder,onion powder, paprika, turmeric,grated parm cheese, and a little grill mates seasoning 👍👍👍
Do you know how I could make these honey roasted?
I think they are awesome. I am in a wheelchair and I can’t move around much. I have cerebral palsy and I’m looking for things to help me lose weight. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed them Janice!
Super easy and delicious thank you
These turned out so delicious and Crispy!!
They were tasty. I had a problem with them exploding everywhere. I let them dry for a couple of hours before cooking them.
Top site ,.. amazaing post ! Just keep the work on !
Total yummness. I did olive oil and garlic salt. Thanks for all your recipes every one I’ve tried we love!!!
Great recipe! Easy to make! These are addicting to eat.
As a user suggested, I coated mine in wasabi powder and salt.
OMG so easy and tasty! I used one can of low sodium chickpeas. I have a Ninja Foodi and they were no where near dried out after 15 minutes. I stopped at 20 minutes because I didn’t want them to burn, but I think I will try longer as some were a little soft on the inside. I had just bought some JOs seafood seasoning and we had their crab seasoning in the pantry, so we had a JOs-off. Both versions were crazy tasty.
Amazing and sooo easy!!! Can’t believe I’ve never air fryer chickpeas before.
do you think i could make a mix of soy sauce and wasabi and coat these in that?
I coated mine in wasabi powder and salt. Great idea!
Love these! Crisping them up on the second day makes them even better!
Is there a recipe for the salad pictured above?
Really good! Dusted with Ranch seasoning.
Haven’t tried them yet but looking for to trying them. Recipe looks so easy
I just made these and seasoned with tajin. I had drained, rinsed, and dried them on a tea towel overnight. They are so good. I had to walk out of the kitchen so I’d quit eating them.
In our bottom-of-the-line little air fryer it took 15 minutes, flipping twice.
I’ve tried other crispy chick pea recipes (mostly baked), but this is the best.
So glad you liked them!!
Hello could you please please put back points plus points. I use them all the time and then they’re gone. Thank you so much
They don’t exist any longer if you are still following old WW I would calculate yourself.
How would you make them in the oven?
I linked to the oven version above.
I have frozen organic chick peas. Do I just thaw and dry them for this recipe to work?
Hey Gina… thank you! This is just another great way to use the air fryer. I’m a member of Canadian WW. Do you know how I can use the Personal points in the Canadian app, or is it not possible? thanks in advance!
I wish I could find a solution, I know it doesn’t work for Canada.
Hi,
So if you start w dry chickpeas,,,what is your go to plan for cooking these in an insta-pot? Usual un or salted water to cover then 50′ then slow release on the pressure?
Thanks!
I have a rotisserie basket for my air fryer do think the chick peas would work in that or would they get mashed from constant movement?
Not sure? I think it might be ok, let us know!
Do you remove the skins before laying them out to dry? When I’ve made crispy chickpeas in the oven, I’ve found that I have to remove the skins or else they won’t dry enough to crisp up well. However, that process takes FOREVER. I’d be psyched if it wasn’t necessary for the air fryer!
I never do!!
hi I have a question, you are not putting the points on your receipts anymore? why?
thanks
Now that everyones points are different, I post links (see the orange button) to WW recipe builder so you can see your personal points.
but I dont have a WW account,
Then it won’t work. There’s too many variables on the new WW personal points, everyones points are different.
See the orange link in the recipe card!
Can this be made with dried chickpeas?