Thursday, May 12, 2011

Homemade Junky Snack Food, But Not Junky

You must have noticed all the fried, roasted, crisped garbanzos pinging around the food-o-sphere.
I knew I would eventually try them. Sooner than later.
But it took a double-whammy to get it to happen. Kalyn posted about a salad made from roasted chickpeas. That got my juices flowing. The chickpeas weren't crunchy, though (and I supposed crunchy chickpeas would make a creepy salad, unless they were the croutons). It turns out Kalyn had posted about exactly the crunchy beans I was looking for, a few years earlier, but I missed it.
So I googled roasted garbanzos, and was led to Steamy Kitchen. Oh, yeah! I remember that post. That's the recipe I followed.
It turns out that Cranky was jonesing for some, having seen the sensual picture of a plate of golden legumes in Heidi Swanson's new book, Super Natural Every Day. It's not the recipe I followed, but I'll take a look at it next time.
The point is simple. You oil and roast some dried-off (cooked) beans. You are going for total Corn Nuts crisp, although the end product is more tender than a Corn Nut. No mush in the middle allowed (but they can burn, so beware). You season them to your liking (I used garlic powder, salt, cumin and hot smoked paprika).
And you get this bowl of SNACK. Perfect tapa if you are snorting the cava, or even just a glass of sparkling water.
Jaden at Steamy Kitchen advises using two cans of beans, these are so addictive. They make your tummy growl.
But they are protein bombs. I mean it, really filling.
Cranky and I were wishing we had made more, and then we couldn't even finish the one batch.
We'll make another batch soon. Cranky just went and bought four cans of garbanzos.

19 comments:

cookiecrumb said...

WHY DID OBAMA APPOINT ALAN SIMPSON TO THE CATFOOD COMMISSION?

Zoomie said...

Bi-partisan effort. He'll probably never try that again.

cookiecrumb said...

Sadly, you are right. But Obama keeps beating his head on that damn wall, and it ain't working. (What if he had incorporated the GOP on his bin Laden raid? Disaster!)

cookiecrumb said...

JEEZ, BLOGGER!

Zoomie said...

Agree. I've gotten this post from you twice, now. After days of nothing but confusion.

cookiecrumb said...

Zooms, did you have any iPad problems today? Unrelated, but...

Zoomie said...

Couldn't get Blogger on any of my myriad of confusing electronic devices. :-) Love the iPad2 - it's such fun!

SimplyStated said...

I wondered what was up when I couldn't log back in ...

Denise | Chez Danisse said...

I've been craving potato chips lately. Here is my replacement. I've seen the pretty pics too. How did I forget these guys?

cookiecrumb said...

Simply: Blogger was down for a whole day. Shocking how badly that disrupted my routine! :)

Denise: Yes, yes, yes, you want these. Good for you, easy to make. Not so good the second day, so gobble!

cookiecrumb said...

Everybody, I'm sorry your previous comments got trashed. Eek.

kudzu said...

Every time I look at these I think, "sweet" rather than savory. Maybe it's because they remind me of glazed chestnuts and/or little pastry puffballs for profiteroles! I'm sure they're tasty and perhaps if I make some for myself I can get over the association with sugar.

cookiecrumb said...

Kudzu: Yeah, they do look glazed, don't they? But savory. NOT sweet. Try some.

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Did I comment? I can't remember.
PEN POST PLEASE :)

cookiecrumb said...

Mouse: No, you didn't. Ya boor. Omg, pen post? I'm so afraid of sounding boorish. I will try, just for you. Because it is all your fault. I now have seven, and I ordered four inks yesterday. OK. (Not counting the Bulows, because they don't count.)

meg said...

Yum and then some. Yes, I've seen these things floating around the web lately, and they look so good that you'd think I would have made them already. Maybe for the plane trip I'm about to go on.

cookiecrumb said...

Meg: Yes! Go, get a can or two, and roast. Perfect plane food. Keep them well sealed if you make them a day ahead. Happy travels!

Ms Brown Mouse said...

I don't count my Bulow either!

cookiecrumb said...

Ha ha! You know adore you.