Crispy air fryer chickpeas are the tastiest and crunchiest snack you will find. Using the air fryer cuts the cook time down to 15 minutes, and they are so much crispier than in the oven! Vegan and gluten-free, these crispy roasted chickpeas are an awesome healthier snack.
We have been absolutely loving the air fryer to make Honey Lime Air Fryer Shrimp, and Breaded Air Fryer Chicken, but my favorite thing might just be these air fryer chickpeas!
I have always loved the concept of crispy roasted chickpeas, but I have often failed in execution. It always seems like some of them get crispy while others are still chewy. And still others are burned.
Not only that, but you have to wash and dry the chickpeas before roasting, and you have to roast them for quite awhile.
Well, enter the air fryer. GAME CHANGED. No need to dry these chickpeas, and they are ready for your snacking pleasure in 15 minutes. Yup. 15 minutes!
Reasons you’ll ♡ these air fryer chickpeas
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Let's talk ingredients
For this air fryer chickpeas recipe you will need:
- chickpeas- use 1 can drained & rinsed OR cook your own Instant Pot chickpeas
- oil- I like to use avocado oil because it has a high smoke point, but extra virgin olive oil works as well
- spices- I am using an adaptation of my favorite homemade fajita seasoning. I advise against using a rub with sugar as during testing, the sugar burned
That's it! Super duper simple.
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Can I change the seasoning?
Absolutely! Try one of these 7 dry rub recipes, but do stay away from anything with sugar as in my experience the sugar can burn easily in the air fryer.
How long do these chickpeas last?
You can store them in the cupboard for 1 week or more! Bet they won't last that long 😉
How can I serve air fryer chickpeas?
We enjoy them as a snack but they are yummy as a salad topper, too. They would be great on this Kale Caesar salad!
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This post was originally published in 2018. It has been republished in 2020 with new recipes tips + a video.
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ULTRA Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas
Ingredients
- 19 oz can of chickpeas (drained and rinsed)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne (optional)
Instructions
- Heat air fryer to 390°F / 200°C.
- Drain and rinse chickpeas (no need to dry). Toss with olive oil and spices.
- Dump the whole batch of chickpeas in the air fryer basket. Cook for 12-15 minutes, shaking a couple of times.
- When chickpeas are cooked to your liking, remove from air fryer, taste and add more salt and pepper to taste.
- Store in an open container.
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Kristina Nairn says
These are so good! Trying not to eat them all in one sitting is difficult! I only changed the seasoning a bit, instead of cayenne and onion powder I used turmeric and a bit of curry powder. Thank you so much for sharing!
Jocelyn Stasser says
Delicious, I didn’t roast them until they were really crispy as I added them to a spinach salad
Liz says
I used my pampered chef air fryer which are trays, they kept exploding and made a disaster of my fryer. They are not crispy yet and I don’t want more mess so I’ll just use them for salads. Flavor wise they are good.
Reggie says
We made this as a snack last night, it is good, munching on it now. it wasn’t ultra crispy though. Only some of them were crunchy.
Jay says
Delicious! I made two batches for comparison, one in the rotating basket and one on the tray. For the basket, I had to cook mine for about 20 minutes at 390 to get crunchy. For th(I have a e tray, I cooked them at 400, and it took about 18 minutes to get them crunchy. The rotating basket is easier to pour into the glass jar 🙂 I sprayed them with avocado oil and tossed them with some Tony's extra spicy cajun seasoning. So good - thanks for the recipe!
Lisa says
These are delicious!! They just need WAY more time in the air fryer than the recipe says… Like double the amount of time! But so yummy after you cook them longer! Definitely dry, but that is to be expected with roasted chickpeas, I think.
Laura says
I had to give them more time, about 25 minutes instead of 15. They are great! Hopefully I can keep them crispy for tomorrows lunch
Pearl says
Mine didn't get crunchy even after setting timer for 25 in airfryer.. still enjoyable snack but not what I expected. Will play around with this recipe and hope to get crispness. Otherwise a very quick and easy snack
Kim says
Game changer! Added to. May salad and munching as a snack!! Will definitely make again... I didn't have Cayenne so I used Slap your Mama Cajun seasoning! Boom!
STEVE CARL PHOENIX says
so, do u use the 'air fry', or 'roast' cooking button, please?
Pepper says
I have only just started making this BUT I have now tried both the canned and dry chickpeas. DELISH
I soak the dry raw chickpeas for min 12hrs (overnight), then place them in a pot of salted water mixed with seasonings of my choice. Takes about 1.5hrs to cook. Strain.
Then straight onto a baking sheet lined with a towel and rub them dry which takes off most of the outer husk. Once bone dry-ish, pour into my air fryer ensuring I do a single layer at a time and it takes me 30mins at 160 (UK)!
Love them!
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Shell says
Very good. Going to try seasoning variations but a nice change in a snack.
Naomi says
Delicious!!! Love these. Will definitely make these again..
Annette Pither says
So simple and Delicious!!
I did have to turn my Ninja down to 180 and cooked for longer to avoid the chick peas from exploding.
Fave from now on, will use to top roasted veg pasta salad.
Lise says
These airfry roasted chickpeas are amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing.
Shanna says
These are so delicious I nearly spoiled my dinner snacking on them.
Mic says
So easy and so quick! My new favourite snack.
Shelly says
The Bomb ! Thanks for the recipe. Easy and delicious 😋
Sierra says
I'm not one to leave comments on recipes... But this one is so easy and delicious! My new favorite salad topper. Thanks for sharing!
Mary says
This is the best recipe I have found for doing roasted chickpeas.