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Smoky Smashed Chickpeas with Lemon

Name: Smoky Smashed Chickpeas with Lemon
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 480 g canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 lemon, finely zested and cut into wedges; 0.75 tsp fine sea salt

Crisp, paprika-darkened chickpeas with cracked centres, lemon zest and enough salt to make them genuinely snackable. Cheaper and better textured than a packet of beige puffs.

Prep8 mins

Cook27 mins

Serves4

DifficultyEasy

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Unevenly blistered whole and crushed chickpeas with paprika and lemon — **TooGut pick**Flexible, practical, genuinely delicious.

Partly crushing the chickpeas exposes rough edges that roast faster while leaving enough whole ones for a creamy middle. Drying them properly matters more than adding another spoon of oil.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves4

Roasted chickpeas

480 gcanned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
2 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspground cumin
1 lemon, finely zested and cut into wedges
¾ tspfine sea salt

One step at a time

Let’s cook.

Tick each step as you go. Built-in timers keep the important moments close.

Dry with intent

Heat the oven to 220°C. Spread chickpeas on a clean tea towel, rub gently to dry them and discard only the skins that release easily.

Crush some, not all

Tip onto a tray and press roughly one-third with the base of a mug. Leave irregular cracks rather than flattening every chickpea.

Season and roast

Toss with oil, paprika, cumin and salt. Roast for 22 to 27 minutes, turning once, until the cracked pieces are crisp and the whole chickpeas blister.

Finish while hot

Toss with lemon zest immediately. Cool for 5 minutes, then squeeze over lemon just before eating.

Per serve, estimate · Metric

Nutrition snapshot

Energy1,020 kJ

Protein9 g

Carbohydrate29 g

Fibre8 g

Approximate only. Values change with brands, portions and selected swaps.

Set yourself up

Equipment

✓ Large oven tray
✓ Clean tea towel
✓ Heavy mug

Smoky Smashed Chickpeas with Lemon

Ingredients

Roasted chickpeas

Let’s cook.

Dry with intent

Crush some, not all

Season and roast

Finish while hot

Nutrition snapshot

Equipment

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