I created this recipe to provide a healthier, protein-rich alternative to traditional chips. These chips are quick to make, ready in just 16 minutes, and packed with plant-based protein from chickpea flour. Unlike store-bought options, which can contain unhealthy fats and artificial ingredients, these homemade chips use simple, wholesome ingredients. You can change the seasoning to make them even more special – you can enjoy them with a variety of flavors, from classic sea salt to spicy chili powder. These chips offer a tasty and nutritious snacking option that you can feel good about. Chickpea chips, also known as chickpea flour chips or chickpea flour crackers, are crunchy thin crackers made of garbanzo flour or besan flour. They are nutritious vegan snacks loaded with plant-based protein and gluten-free, and egg-free.
Ingredients and Substitutions
It’s very easy to make your own chickpea chips at home using three simple ingredients. All you need to make crunchy besan crackers are:
Chickpea Flour, also known as besan flour or garbanzo flour. While besan flour and garbanzo flour are not exactly the same thing, both having different amounts of fiber and water absorption in recipes, they both work to make chickpea chips. Olive Oil or neutral oil like almond oil or melted coconut oil. Favorite Spices – optional, you can make plain chickpea chips, but we love adding garlic powder, salt, pepper, cumin, and a pinch of turmeric to boost their yellow color and make them look like chickpea flour tortilla chips.
How To Make Chickpea Chips
Choosing The Chickpea Flour
You can use any sort of chickpea flour but keep in mind that variety impacts water absorbance. There are two types of chickpea flour available at the grocery store:
Besan flour or gram flour is made from brown roasted chickpea, and it’s much finer. It needs less water. Chickpea flour or Garbanzo bean flour is made from white roasted chickpeas. This is coarser than besan flour and needs more water to come together.
That’s why this chickpea cracker recipe provides a range of water that you will have to adjust depending on the type of chickpea flour you used.
Serving Suggestions
These chickpea chips are delicious on their own as a healthy snack food but even better dipped in:
Guacamole Hummus Salsa
Another great idea is to make a platter of loaded nachos using your chickpea tortilla chips as a healthy nacho replacement. Spread a layer of chickpea chips on a baking sheet and top with a layer of lentil taco meat, and vegan cheese and bake 6-8 minutes until the cheese is melted. Serve the chickpea chips topped with salsa sauce, coconut cream, mashed avocado, and cilantro.
Storage
These chickpea flour crackers store very well at room temperature in a sealed container. Place the container in a dark place, not hot, and you can keep these chickpea tortillas chips fresh and crunchy for up to 2 weeks. You can freeze the chickpea chips in zip-lock bags and thaw them at room temperature the day before.
More Chickpea Flour Recipes
I love to bake with chickpea flour because it makes delicious healthy vegan, gluten-free recipes. Below I listed more chickpea flour recipes for you to try.
