Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Step 2

Lightly spray a baking sheet with cooking oil (olive oil or avocado oil) or cooking spray. Set aside.

Step 3

Rinse and thoroughly dry the chickpeas.

Step 4

In a small bowl, mix together cumin, paprika, garlic powder, sea salt, onion powder and pepper. Set aside.

Step 5

Bake dried chickpeas in the preheated oven on prepared baking sheet for 15 minutes (do not add any of the other ingredients yet)!

Step 6

Remove the chickpeas from the oven and drizzle ½ TBS olive oil over the chickpeas, stirring until evenly coated. If necessary, slowly add more olive oil until all the chickpeas are lightly coated with olive oil.

Step 7

Add spices to chickpeas and stir until evenly coated.

Step 8

Bake at 400 for 10 more minutes, then stir.

Step 9

Return stirred chickpeas to the oven and bake them for an additional 5-10 minutes, until desired crispiness is achieved (a total of 35-40 minutes of baking).

Step 10

Turn off oven and crack the door a bit. Let chickpeas cool in the oven to achieve maximum crispiness