Name: Crunchy wasabi chickpeas
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2 x 400 g/14 oz tins chickpeas, drained; 1 egg white; 2½ tbsp wasabi powder; 2 tsp cornflour

Preparation info

6–8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Flexible Vegetarian

By Jo Pratt

Published 2017

About

Next time you have friends over for drinks or dinner, forget prising open a bag of shop-bought roasted nuts or crisps to serve with your G&T – have a go at making your own nibbles. These are both really easy and fun to prepare, plus they taste amazing.

Ingredients

2 x 400 g/14 oz tins chickpeas, drained
1 egg white

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C/400ºF/gas 6.

Pat the chickpeas dry with kitchen paper and scatter onto a baking tray. Put in the oven for 30 minutes, shaking the tray a couple of times throughout. Lightly whisk the egg white until frothy. Tip into the baked chickpeas and toss around to coat.

Mix together just 2 tablespoons of the wasabi, the cornflour, salt and sugar, and toss with the c