How To Make Dried Chickpeas In A Crock-pot

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried garbanzo beans
• 6 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 rinse and drain chickpeas in cold water. pick out any stones and dark brown chickpeas.
• 2 put drained chickpeas into your crock pot. add water and salt.
• 3 cook on high for 2-3 hours or until soft. depending on your tastes and what you are going to use them for you can remove when slightly firm or cook until they are very soft.
• 4 when done, carefully pour into a colander, being careful to use oven mitts to handle the crock – it will be hot. drain and rinse well.
• 5 chickpeas will keep for about 2 days in the fridge. they will keep longer if made into hummus. they also freeze quite well.
• 6 to freeze chickpeas rinse and drain them thoroughly. leave to drain well for about 15 minutes. spread chickpeas onto a baking tray, making sure they don’t touch one another. put into freezer. when frozen, you can transfer the chickpeas to a freezer bag or plastic container for more permanent storage.