Easy Chickpeas In Instant Pot (Soaked And No-Soak)

Chickpeas in the Instant Pot is a lot easier than any other cooking method knows until now. You add the dried garbanzo beans, and water then let the instant pot do all the work.

You will learn how to cook dried chickpeas in your pressure cooker with any method you choose. Cooking your dried chickpeas at home is not only cheaper, but it is also environmentally friendly, and the taste is incomparable.  

Chickpeas In Instant Pot (Soaked And No-Soak)

If you've been trying to cook chickpeas at home instead of using canned, but don't like to babysit the stove, this is the guide for you! Here you'll find the technique that works; if you like soaking the beans or you don't like it. There are two recipe cards for your convenience: the NO-SOAK method and one for the SOAKED method.

Whichever method you use to cook your chickpeas, the results are tender and buttery chickpeas, perfect for salad, dips, sandwiches, and more.

 How to cook dried chickpeas in the instant pot

The no-soak method is very simple and quick for cooking dried garbanzo beans using the instant pot, and it required less than an hour of pressure cooking. 

 NO SOAK STEP 1. Rinse chickpeas and pick out any stones or bad ones.

 NO SOAK STEP 2. Add the rinsed chickpeas to the Instant Pot inner pot with the water. 

 NO SOAK STEP 3. Place the lid on the pot and lock it in place. Press the manual/pressure cook button and choose 50 minutes on high pressure. 

 NO SOAK STEP 4. When the cooking cycle has finished, let the pot sit undisturbed until naturally release all the pressure and the metal pin drop.

 NO SOAK STEP 5. Open the lid facing away from you. Test the chickpeas for doneness. Use the cook chickpeas right away or store them in the fridge or freezer in 1 ½ cups portions to use in recipes as a replacement for a can of chickpeas.

How to cook chickpeas in the pressure cooker soaked method?

The soaked method is ways faster once you have soaked the dried chickpeas overnight because it only required 15 minutes of pressure cooking.

Step 1. Pick out any bad chickpeas or stones.

Step 2. Add the dried chickpeas into a large bowl and cover the chickpeas with water, let them soak overnight or a least 8 hours. 

Step 3. Drain the chickpeas, add the soak chickpeas and the water to your instant pot's inner pot.

Step 4. Place the lid on the pot and lock it in place. Press the manual/pressure cook button and choose 15 minutes on high pressure. 

Step 5. When the cooking cycle has finished, let the pot sit undisturbed until naturally release all the pressure and the metal pin drop. 

Step 6. Open the lid facing away from you. Test the chickpeas for doneness. Use the cook chickpeas right away or store them in the fridge or freezer in 1 ½ cups portions to use in recipes as a replacement for a can of chickpeas.

Tips:

This recipe makes 6 cups of cooked chickpeas; if you want to make a smaller quantity, keep the cooking time the same but cut the recipe in half. 

If you soaked the chickpeas for longer than 8 hours, you could reduce the cooking time to 12 minutes. 

Store the Instant Pot chickpeas in the fridge for 4 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

You can use mason jars to store the cooked chickpeas leaving some space between the lid and the chickpea cooking liquid for expansion if you plan to freeze them.

If you don't want to add much of the extra liquid, lay them flat in a Ziploc bag and store.

Two reasons to love cooking beans in the pressure cooker

First, you don't need to watch the stove. No more waiting for water to come to a boil, no more foamy spill all over the stove, and no more filling the pot often to avoid the chickpeas to burn. (I'm guilty of burning the beans all the time on the stove)

Second, the cooking time you expend cooking dried beans is less because the instant pot cook the beans in half of the time it takes you to cook them on the stovetop. If you choose the soak method, it only takes 15 minutes of pressure cooking and with the no soaked only 50 minutes of pressure cooking.

Do you need to soak the garbanzo beans before cooking?

Soaking dried chickpeas helps to reduce the indigestible sugar that causes gas and bloating, so probably this method works better for you if you have any digestive discomfort. 

If you don't have any problem with beans, there is no need to presoak the chickpeas before pressure cooking.

This recipe helps you substitute canned chickpeas and make your chickpeas at home without any preservatives or salt. It is an excellent recipe for those who have to follow a low sodium diet. 

How long to cook chickpeas in an instant pot?

Chickpeas take 50 minutes of pressure cooking. However, you have to count what it takes the instant pot to build pressure; for this recipe, it takes 14 minutes to build pressure and 20 minutes to natural release pressure.

What to make with chickpeas

Here are some options of recipes you can make using the cooked chickpeas recipes

Instant pot Moroccan chickpea stew

Roasted chickpeas

This quesadilla is for white beans, but you can make them with chickpeas as well. I have posted on Instagram using this recipe with chickpeas.

You can also add them to salad, sandwiches

Can you freeze chickpeas?

Yes, you can freeze chickpeas for up to 6 months.

You can use mason jars to store the cooked chickpeas leaving some space between the lid and the chickpea cooking liquid for expansion if you plan to freeze them.

If you don't want to add much of the extra liquid, lay them flat in a Ziploc bag and store.

What you need to make this recipe

Instant Pot pressure cooker

Mesh Strainer

Dried Chickpeas

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Here below you will find the recipe for soaked instant pot chickpeas.

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