Crispy Chickpeas, Air Fryer

also called air fryer chickpeas · basket chickpeas · air fried chickpeas · crunchy chickpeas in the air fryer

Also written for the plain way (3 to wash).

The table

Written for a preheated 5.7 L basket. From cold, add three minutes. A 3.5 L basket is two batches, not more minutes.
1 1/2 cups(255 g; drained, from one 15-oz tin)cooked chickpeasroll dry in a towel, then toss with oil in the bowlroast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 12–15 min, one layertoss the basket twice — they rattle like gravel, not thudtoss hot in the same bowl, then leave them uncovered
1 Tbs(15 mL)olive oil
1 tspsmoked paprika
1/2 tspground cumin
1/8 tspcayenne
1/2 tspkosher salt
A sheet tray takes 35 minutes and half of them stay soft. The basket dries them while it browns them.
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.9 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

2roll dry in a towel, then toss with oil in the bowl

5toss hot in the same bowl, then leave them uncovered

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Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 13 min3 of 4 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Narrow — they are glass-crisp for about an hour and chewy by morning, and putting them back in the basket only half brings it back
What you'll wash
Two things — the basket, the bowl
Does it keep
Not at all — what is left by morning is a chewy bean, which is fine in a salad and no longer a snack

  1. roll dry in a towel, then toss with oil in the bowl

    not timedfrom the start

  2. roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 12–15 min, one layer

    13 minwalk awayfrom the start

  3. toss the basket twice — they rattle like gravel, not thud

    not timed13 min in

  4. toss hot in the same bowl, then leave them uncovered

    not timed13 min in

You'll need air fryer basket · bowl

See how it is written
>> title: Crispy Chickpeas, Air Fryer
>> category: Fried & Crispy
>> tags: chickpeas, air fryer, basket, snack, vegan
>> counters: The Air Fryer & the Pot
>> dish: crispy-chickpeas
>> kit: Air Fryer
>> aka: air fryer chickpeas, basket chickpeas, air fried chickpeas, crunchy chickpeas in the air fryer
>> servings: 4
>> time: 25 min
>> slack: narrow — they are glass-crisp for about an hour and chewy by morning, and putting them back in the basket only half brings it back
>> washing-up: the basket, the bowl
>> capacity: 4 — one 5.7 L air fryer basket, roast, air fry
>> keeps: not at all — what is left by morning is a chewy bean, which is fine in a salad and no longer a snack

>> step: Written for a preheated 5.7 L basket. From cold, add three minutes. A 3.5 L basket is two batches, not more minutes.
The towel does the first drying and the moving air does the rest.

>> step: roll dry in a towel, then toss with oil in the bowl
Roll @cooked chickpeas{1 1/2%cups}(255 g; drained, from one 15-oz tin) in a towel until the loose skins come away, then toss in a #bowl{} with @olive oil{1%Tbs}(15 mL).

>> step: roast in the basket 200°C (400°F), 12–15 min, one layer
Roast @&(~1)dried chickpeas{} in a preheated #air fryer basket{} at 200°C (400°F) for ~air fry{13%min}, one layer.

>> step: toss the basket twice — they rattle like gravel, not thud
Toss @&(~1)chickpeas{} by shaking the basket twice.

>> step: toss hot in the same bowl, then leave them uncovered
Toss @&(~1)crisp chickpeas{} with @smoked paprika{1%tsp}, @ground cumin{1/2%tsp}, @cayenne{1/8%tsp}, @kosher salt{1/2%tsp}.

>> step: A sheet tray takes 35 minutes and half of them stay soft. The basket dries them while it browns them.
No 20-minute air-dry here. The draught does the drying the towel started.