These 17 easy chickpea recipes have over 10 million views across YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.
From late-summer salads to cozy one-pot dinners, they’re the chickpea dishes our readers can’t stop making.

Louise and I shared more than 75 chickpea recipes over the years, and together they’ve had over 10 million views across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest.
Some of them blew up instantly – the kind you bookmark, make on repeat, and send to friends – while others quietly became reader favorites.
Here are 17 of our most popular, top-rated, and viral chickpea recipes, chosen by you.
From quick salads to hearty stews, this list proves one thing… once you start cooking with chickpeas, you’ll never want to stop.
Salads and Healthy Meals
1. Chickpea Quinoa Salad
High-protein and fiber-rich, this salad keeps you full for hours. With 3000 saves on Pinterest, it’s an all-time lunch favorite and loaded with vegetables and nutrients.

2. Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
Bright, crunchy, and ready in 10 minutes, this salad has 1.7 million views on our Youtube channel. It’s a brilliant lunch idea with fresh herbs, juicy tomatoes, and fiber-rich chickpeas.

3. Chopped Mediterranean Salad
The kind of salad you want to eat straight from the mixing bowl. Finely chopped veggies mean every bite bursts with flavor, and the olive oil–lemon combo ties it all together.

4. Dense Chickpea Salad
This is the one you meal-prep on Sunday and eat all week. Dense with chickpeas, feta, crisp vegetables, and a Mediterranean marinade, it’s hearty enough to be lunch on its own.

5. Greek Pasta Salad
A crowd-pleaser with 1.8 million views on Instagram. Tender pasta meets chickpeas, olives, and feta in a zesty dressing, ideal for potlucks or quick weeknight dinners.

Soups & Stews (one-pot meals)
6. Marry Me Chickpeas
Cozy, creamy, and ready in under 30 minutes, no wonder this recipe is a fan favorite. A silky sun-dried tomato sauce coats tender chickpeas for a quick dinner.

7. Italian Chickpea Soup
Simple ingredients, big flavor. This rustic soup is the kind of recipe Italian nonnas swear by: chickpeas, vegetables, and pasta simmered in a flavorful broth. Perfect for chilly evenings.

8. Chickpea Stew
Fragrant spices, sweet carrots, and rich tomato broth, this stew is comfort in a bowl. Serve with couscous or flatbread for a filling, budget-friendly dinner.

9. Spinach Stew with chickpeas
Nutritious and ready in just 20 minutes, this stew is packed with greens, protein, and a garlicky broth. It’s proof that quick dinners can still be full of flavor.

10. Chana Masala
An Indian classic and one of our most-loved recipes. With over 500K views on YouTube, this spiced tomato-and-onion chickpea curry is perfect with rice or warm naan bread.

Dinners & Mains for busy days
11. Chickpea Curry
Creamy coconut milk, warming spices, and tender chickpeas, this curry is weeknight comfort food at its finest. This curry has 2.5 million views on Youtube, and counting 🙂

12. Pasta with Chickpeas (Pasta e Ceci)
A cozy Italian classic that’s part soup, part pasta dish. Hearty, satisfying, and made with pantry staples, it’s the kind of recipe you turn to again and again.

13. Chickpea Eggplant Curry
Smoky roasted eggplant and tender chickpeas simmer in a spiced tomato sauce. It’s a hidden gem that’s been shared in our newsletter more than any other curry.

14. African Peanut Stew
Shared thousands of times on Facebook and one of our most-commented recipe videos for its bold flavor.

Snacks (Great for lunchboxes)
15. Roasted Chickpeas (Crispy)
Crispy, crunchy, and endlessly snackable. Tossed in spices and roasted until golden, these chickpeas are perfect for topping salads or eating by the handful.

16. Chickpea Patties (Baked or Pan-Fried)
Loved by our readers for being freezer-friendly, dozens of you have sent us photos of them stacked and ready for the week.

17. Chickpea “Tuna” Sandwich
A plant-based twist on the lunchbox classic that’s been remade hundreds of times by our readers. Creamy and tangy, this chickpea “tuna” is perfect in sandwiches, lettuce wraps, or scooped straight from the bowl.

Quick Tips for Cooking with Chickpeas
- Canned or dried: Louise and I grab canned when we need dinner fast, but we love cooking dried in bulk for that extra nutty flavor.
- Texture tricks: We roast them when we’re craving crunch, simmer them for cozy soups, and mash them into creamy dips.
- Flavor boosters: Lemon, garlic, cumin, and tahini are our go-tos for making chickpeas shine.
- Storage: We keep cooked chickpeas in the fridge for 4 days, or freeze them in portions for up to 3 months.
If you tried these popular chickpea recipes or any other recipe on our blog, please leave a 🌟 star rating and let us know how it goes in the comments. We love hearing from you!
Fabulous recipes, thanks for sharing:)
They all sound good I make the tuna salad and we all love it, always tell people about it.excited to try new recipes.
I’m going to use these. Thank you