Chickpea Pancakes
I have made so much stuff out of chickpeas! I love canned chickpeas, they are super easy, and there’s so many recipes you can make with them. Today we are making pancakes. They are going to be loaded with protein, about eight to ten grams of protein per pancake. If you like this recipe, be sure to check out this one too! and this one!
Prep
To start we need to drain the can of chickpeas, saving the liquid in the can (aquafaba). Add the chickpeas into a blender along with a quarter cup of cashew butter (if you have cashews you could add maybe half a cup of them into some boiling water, cook them down for fifteen or twenty minutes, then blend them into a cashew cream). Then I also add in a quarter cup of the aquafaba, a quarter cup of hemp seeds, and a tablespoon of chia seeds. At this point I blend these ingredients together.
Blending
Once that has been blended I add in a half cup of applesauce, then a teaspoon of baking powder, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, three tablespoons of protein powder, (if you have vanilla protein I suggest using that, but I only had chocolate), then blend everything on low. When it has a good pancake consistency, I stop blending and let the chia seeds sit and thicken up. Time to heat up the pan, I’m using a big nonstick crepe like pan (you can use any non stick pan), I add a touch of coconut oil to it.
Taste Test!
Now that the mixture has sat for a bit I’m going to pour about a quarter cup onto the pan. Keep it on a low heat. You can cook two or three at a time depending on the size of your pan. They turn out amazing looking. They are nice and airy inside. I top mine with a little bit of butter and maple syrup. In three pancakes we have about twenty four grams or protein, thirty grams of carbs. This was a super quick recipe! The pancakes are so tasty, they have a nice soft bite. These chickpea pancakes hold together great, they cut nicely, and they are very moist. Watch the full video here!
One Can Of Chickpeas Will Change How You Think About Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas
- 1/4 cup cashew butter
- 1/4 cup hemp seeds
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp protein powder
- pinch coconut oil
Instructions
- Drain the chickpeas, save the aquafaba. Add the chickpeas to a blender along with cashew butter, aquafaba, hemp seeds, chia seeds and blend.
- After thats blended, add in applesauce, baking powder, vanilla extract, and protein powder then blend until it has a pancake mix consistency.
- Let the chia seeds sit and thicken while the pan heats up, add coconut oil to pan.
- Add pancake mix to pan and cook for a few minutes. Enjoy!