DollopWhat to make with chickpeas: 86 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on chickpeas, easiest first. The quickest is No-cook antipasto plate, on the table in 10 minutes, and the cheapest is Moroccan harira at $1.15 a serving. 45 of them are simple enough for a first try.
No-cook antipasto plate
$2.91 a serving
10 min
No-cook mezze plate
$3.29 a serving
10 min
Microwave Spanish chickpeas and spinach
$2.21 a serving
12 min
Chana chaat (Indian chickpea salad)
$1.56 a serving
15 min
Chickpea salad sandwiches
$1.50 a serving
15 min
Hummus veggie wraps
$2.77 a serving
15 min
Microwave Greek stuffed sweet potato
$2.39 a serving
16 min
Homemade hummus dinner plate
$3.51 a serving
20 min
Air fryer buffalo chickpea tacos
$2.30 a serving
25 min
Mediterranean chickpea salad
$2.79 a serving
25 min
Moroccan-spiced couscous with chickpeas and carrots
$1.65 a serving
25 min
Sheet pan Greek chickpea nachos
$3.22 a serving
25 min
Thai coconut pumpkin soup
$1.87 a serving
25 min
Harissa beef and couscous
$3.28 a serving
30 min
Harissa chicken with couscous
$2.76 a serving
30 min
Tabbouleh with chickpeas and feta
$2.31 a serving
30 min
BBQ chickpea pizza
$2.01 a serving
35 min
Chickpea parmesan
$2.43 a serving
35 min
Filipino coconut chickpeas with squash (ginataan)
$2.57 a serving
35 min
Greek quinoa bowls with chickpeas and feta
$3.24 a serving
35 min
One-pan cheesy chickpeas, broccoli and rice
$1.78 a serving
35 min
One-pot lemon chickpeas and rice
$1.89 a serving
35 min
Pasta e ceci
$1.59 a serving
35 min
Sheet-pan chickpea shawarma wraps
$2.16 a serving
35 min
Chickpea cacciatore
$2.56 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan chicken sausage and vegetables
$4.37 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan harissa chickpeas and carrots with couscous
$3.05 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan Mediterranean chicken with chickpeas
$2.94 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan salmon with chickpeas and tomatoes
$5.94 a serving
40 min
Baked feta chickpeas
$4.21 a serving
45 min
Quinoa and chickpea salad
$2.02 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan cauliflower shawarma with hummus
$3.54 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan chickpeas and eggplant with tahini
$1.96 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan chickpeas and sweet potatoes with tahini
$1.88 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan tandoori chickpeas and cauliflower
$2.59 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan zucchini and squash with chickpeas and feta
$3.68 a serving
45 min
Turkish bulgur pilaf with chickpeas
$2.74 a serving
45 min
Chickpea and potato curry
$1.65 a serving
50 min
Sheet pan BBQ chickpeas and potatoes with slaw
$2.14 a serving
50 min
Chickpea tater tot hotdish
$1.60 a serving
55 min
Sheet pan Greek chickpeas and potatoes
$2.84 a serving
55 min
Greek baked eggplant with chickpeas and feta
$3.26 a serving
65 min
Slow cooker chickpea tinga tacos
$2.27 a serving
250 min
Slow cooker chickpea korma
$1.63 a serving
330 min
Slow cooker Thai butternut squash curry
$3.49 a serving
370 min
Microwave chickpea fatteh
$2.49 a serving
15 min
Spinach and chickpeas (espinacas con garbanzos)
$2.91 a serving
30 min
Air fryer chickpea nuggets
$1.18 a serving
35 min
Air fryer sesame chickpeas with broccoli
$1.48 a serving
35 min
Chickpea adobo
$1.39 a serving
35 min
Chickpea piccata
$2.92 a serving
35 min
Greek lemon chickpea soup (revithosoupa)
$2.42 a serving
35 min
Harissa orzo with chickpeas
$2.68 a serving
35 min
Instant Pot butter chickpeas
$1.65 a serving
35 min
Instant Pot chana saag (chickpeas and spinach)
$1.71 a serving
35 min
Kung pao chickpeas
$1.22 a serving
35 min
Thai peanut chickpeas with vegetables
$2.25 a serving
35 min
Thai red curry chickpeas
$2.67 a serving
35 min
Vietnamese-style caramel chickpeas
$1.70 a serving
35 min
Air fryer chickpea cakes (vegetarian crab cakes)
$2.00 a serving
40 min
Crispy chickpea rice bowls
$3.53 a serving
40 min
Instant Pot chickpea pulao
$1.20 a serving
40 min
Instant Pot Jamaican curry chickpeas and potatoes
$2.20 a serving
40 min
Roasted broccoli and crispy chickpea pasta
$3.39 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan gochujang chickpeas and broccoli
$1.89 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan honey garlic chickpeas and green beans
$1.83 a serving
40 min
Sweet and sour chickpeas
$2.20 a serving
40 min
Air fryer falafel with tahini sauce
$2.29 a serving
45 min
Chana masala
$1.41 a serving
45 min
Chickpea noodle soup
$1.16 a serving
45 min
Chickpea tikka masala
$2.18 a serving
45 min
Chickpeas and dumplings
$2.26 a serving
50 min
Coconut chickpea curry
$2.84 a serving
50 min
Roasted cauliflower steaks with romesco and chickpeas
$4.15 a serving
50 min
Roasted squash and chickpea Buddha bowls
$3.37 a serving
50 min
Air fryer aloo tikki (spiced potato patties) with chickpeas
$1.92 a serving
55 min
Roasted cauliflower curry soup
$3.13 a serving
55 min
Moroccan chicken stew with chickpeas
$3.15 a serving
60 min
Moroccan harira
$1.15 a serving
60 min
Chickpea fatteh with garlicky yogurt
$2.39 a serving
35 min
Thai basil chickpeas with a crispy fried egg
$3.59 a serving
35 min
Spanish fideos with chickpeas
$1.89 a serving
45 min
Chickpea paprikash with dumplings
$2.10 a serving
55 min
Japanese-style chickpea curry
$2.50 a serving
55 min
Spanish baked rice with chickpeas (arroz al horno)
$2.24 a serving
60 min
Koshari (Egyptian lentils, rice and pasta)
$1.46 a serving
70 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
Got something to go with it?
Dinners from what you already have
Dollop looks at what’s in your fridge and cupboards, plans a week of dinners around it, and writes a grocery list with only what you still need.