Buffalo Roasted Chickpeas

When I saw this recipe on Modern Mom, I just had to try it.  I've never been a huge fan of chickpeas (or Garbanzo Beans) but I love anything with buffalo hot sauce, so I thought they'd be worth a try.  And the picture just plain looked awesome!  So I made them, and they are oh, so good!  I will definitely be making these again!

Buffalo Roasted Chickpeas

Ingredients:

• 1 T butter
• 1/4 cup hot sauce (I used Frank's RedHot Original)
• 1 can (15 oz.) garbanzo beans (chickpeas)

Directions:

1. Drain and rinse garbanzo beans; pat dry with towel. Spread onto baking sheet.  (not too big.  a 13x9" pan would work just fine)
2. In small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter; add hot sauce and stir to combine.
3. Pour hot sauce mixture over beans; toss to coat evenly.
4. Bake 30 to 40 minutes at 450°, stirring/shaking the pan occasionally - until browned.
5. Cool - if you can wait that long - and enjoy!

original recipe

These make a great snack. It's really hard to stop munching on them!  That's not all bad, because, according to Dr. Oz - you can eat triple the amount of these roasted chickpeas as nuts - for the same number of calories!

It also made me wonder how many other ways I can roast chickpeas, so I went looking for recipes and found these:

1. w/ cayenne and cumin (and a very funny story, too)
2. w/ olive oil, garlic, and cayenne
3. w/ vinegar and mustard
4. w/ Moroccan spices
5. and more

 They're all pretty much the same - drain your beans, toss with oil and spices of your choice, and roast at a high temperature until browned and crunchy.  Pretty much like this page said - salt, seasoning blend of your choice, garbanzo beans, olive oil - and there are a bunch more recipes linked and listed there.  Easy, easy, easy!  and you end up with a healthy, high fiber snack.