Vegan Sticky Sesame Chickpea
This Sticky Sesame Chickpea Recipe so easy, delisious and packaged with plant-protein, all these sesame chickpeas are a vegan chickpea recipe that's a fast and tasty dinner the entire family will love it. It is prepared in only 15 minutes and is good to eat-prep for the week.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 321kcal
Author: Kayla
- 1½ tbsp toasted sesame-oil
- 2 cans chickpeas
- 2 tsp rice-vinegar
- ⅓ cup tamari or soy-sauce
- 3 tbsp maple-syrup
- 4 tbsp vegetable-broth or water divided
- 3 cloves garlic
- ⅓ tsp ground-ginger
- 1 tbsp avocado-oil or olive-oil
- 1 tbsp arrowroot-powder
Drain and rinse chickpeas and put aside. Then mince the garlic and then add into a saute pan using the olive or avocado oil.
Saute for a couple of minutes or till the garlic is extremely fragrant. Then in a small-bowl blend the arrowroot-powder and 2 tablespoons of the vegetable-broth and blend till no clumps stay. Put aside.
To the saute pan with garlic, add the tamari, toasted sesame-oil, maple-syrup, rice-vinegar, ginger and also the extra 2 tablespoon of vegetable-broth. Whisk together.
Add in the arrowroot mixture and stir. When bubbles begin to form, add the chickpeas & stir till they are nicely coated.
Cook on low-heat till the sauce becomes thick and sticky about 5minutes. stirring occasionally.
Remove from the heat and let sit to allow the chickpeas to absorb all the taste.
Serve and enjoy with steamed rice, quinoa or broccoli.