How to Cook Dried Chickpeas - Easy Hummus Recipe

Today, we're gonna show you how to prepare dried chickpeas in a simple easy step by step tutorial. While there are various methods out there on this subject, this is certainly our preferred way to always get the best evenly cooked soft chickpeas.

Chickpeas are a healthy and versatile ingredient very common in the Levant. There are these small breakfast shops that only sell chickpea and bean dishes. They normally have a very big pot of chickpeas that’s simmering gently from which they prepare a variety of delicious breakfast dishes. And we’ll try to cover some of these recipes in future videos!

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➤Check out Mark Wiens' video on one of our favourite hummus shops in Lebanon 🇱🇧

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Forgiven Fate by Dan Lebowitz

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Learn how to cook authentic Levantine dishes and other recipes that we love and enjoy! We post new recipes every week (more or less)!

Behind Lemon Laimoon are Ali and Jamal. We grew up in Lebanon and currently live in London. You’ll usually find Ali behind the camera preparing the food while Jamal is on voiceover for the explanation and recipe details!

Our channel is all about learning how to cook dishes and recipes with flavors similar to those you would find off the streets or inside homes in the Levant. We also LOVE discussing food!! So please feel free to use this channel to make requests, share memories, adaptations, knowledge, or some recipe history!

[glevumowl]

I learned more about hummus in this short video than I have from reading umpteen recipes and watching other videos. Thank you for the clear instructions and explanations. Great stuff.

[johnmacaroni]

Cheers for this educational video, I'm just discovered how much protein chickpeas have along with lentils, they are also cheap to buy in dry form, so I'll be cooking these in many meals. Money is tight now so this video was very helpful. Cheers mate.. I will no longer stare at dry chickpeas and lentils in a bag on a supermarket shelf and wonder what are they all about.. Once again cheers.... Humus is Arabic for chickpeas, I didn't know that as well.

[ChantYip]

I have read many videos on how to cook chickpeas and I pick yours as the most simple and practical way to cook. Many thanks.

[yaszmine]

I agree. I have one more year before I become a certified chef & although, I only learned of the power of chickpeas in college 10 years ago. I believe this method produces the softest I have seen thus far!

[margaretteodoru]

My absolute favorite go-to video when hydrogenating my dry chic peas. Thank you Lemon Laimoon!

[CigarAttache]

The addition addition of cinnamon to the boil💥👌🏼

[surreymaraku]

I am just starting to learn more about preparing dry beans and chickpeas. This video was so helpful, I will use it every time and check out your other posts too. Thanks!!!

[SuperYvonne]

I didn't realise chickpeas could be frozen! Living alone I tend to use tinned but this is great. Well worth the effort to batch cook and freeze. I'm loving your videos.

[mosioatunya]

Great video. It gave me exactly the information I wanted. I had known about cooking chickpeas with baking soda before but have never done this as I was uncertain how much baking soda to add or how long to leave the peas in it before cooking them. Now I will definitely batch-cook chickpeas and freeze them. I have found brown and green chickpeas in my wonderful Asian food shop and have also recently discovered black tahini. Now to make some hummus b-tahini <3

[torian]

This is without a doubt the very best video on preparing hummus. I love the fact that I do not have to peel them because the process you provide takes care of that nicely. It also makes the creamiest hummus b-tahini! I would love it if you had a video on preparing that, as well!

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[rhiannaa.s]

Best video on preparing chickpeas. Thank you so much!

[medley]

Thank you for this easy to follow step by step tutorial. I use it every time I’m making chickpeas and they come out perfect. Also great tip about freezing, I thought they would go mushy in the freezer but actually they retain their shape and flavour just fine. Thanks so much!

[redlaserfox]

Most informative vid for chickpeas on YouTube
Thank you!

[andrewmartin]

Hearing you say "hummus" is so DELIGHTFUL.

[tonysopranosduck]

I knew I had to get to a recipe from a Lebanese cook! Watching 4 previous videos on the same topic, by non-Arabic cooks, they omitted at least 6 crucial elements in attaining a successful batch. I followed those other recipes before and the results were gassy, tough chickpeas. No bueno. Thank you so much, this is a huge help in saving money because we eat a lot of chickpeas 🙏❤️

[erzsebetnilsson]

Please show more of how to do things.... this was !

[theearlyriser]

Thank you for the recipe for cooking dried chickpeas. I followed it, soaking the chickpeas last night and cooking them this morning. Wow! They are the best chickpeas I ever eaten.

I’m disappointed they you haven’t posted any videos for three years. I hope you’re okay.

You have a great voice and easy teaching style. I’m definitely going to try some of your other recipes.

[torian]

Incredible! The very best method I have found on chickpea preparation! Made the softest, most delicious chickpeas without the long task of removing the skins by hand.. Cooked these in a pressure cooker and there were hardly any skins left. The ones that remained were completely soft and smoothly blended in with the rest of the chickpeas when making hummus. And so incredibly easy! I doubled the recipe without any problem. Thank you so much for this.... extremely grateful!!

[arjangrad]

great recipe, finally i made my hummus b-tahini nice and smooth, thank you

[milligoree]

Fantastic vid. Learned a lot, especially with the freezing tip! Thank you.