Made with juicy tomatoes and gooey feta, these pizza roasted chickpeas make a delicious one-pan dinner. This recipe has all the flavor of your favorite pizza, but none of the work to make dough! You can also make it in advance and then just pop the tray in the oven.
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Did you ever try the viral baked feta dish? The idea is you bake a feta block with fresh tomatoes until soft and then mix it all together to serve with pasta or bread.
These pizza-roasted chickpeas use the same idea as the baked feta but with pizza classics. Think mozzarella and basil plus chickpeas!
It’s like pizza…But It’s Chickpeas
- In just one pan you’ll have a full, filling, and flavor-packed dinner!
- Two types of cheese not only add that extra cheesy goodness all good pizzas are known for but also add some saltiness from the feta.
- It’s versatile becuase it can be served on its own or with crusty bread or pasta.
Here’s what you’ll need
- Cheese: You’ll need a block of feta cheese and buffalo mozzarella. Feta adds creaminess and some salty notes, while mozzarella gives the dish that quintessential cheese pull.
- Chickpeas: Just grab two cans of chickpeas (may also be called garbanzo beans), drain them well, and you’re ready to go!
- Tomatoes: I use cherry tomatoes because they are the sweetest. But, you can use any type of tomatoes you have on hand.
- Oil & Spices: Grab olive oil (or avocado oil), smoked paprika, crushed red pepper, salt, and oregano to spice up these pizza chickpeas! You can also add other spices like fresh garlic cloves, garlic powder, or onion powder.
mix it up!
The beauty of this recipe is that you can mix it up based on whatever you have in your fridge! You can add white, yellow, or red onions, some baby spinach leaves, or sun-dried tomatoes.
how to make pizza chickpeas
Grab your baking dish (an 8×11 is perfect) and let’s get cooking these chickpeas!
- Assemble everything but the mozzarella in a baking dish.
- Bake until the tomatoes have burst, then add the mozzarella and broil.
- Serve with fresh basil and crusty bread.
Why this recipe works
- Adding the mozzarella last allows everything else the time they need to bake. This gives the tomatoes time for their sugars to caramelize and for the chickpeas to roast.
- Just like margherita pizza, add the basil after baking. This keeps the basil fresh and full of flavor!
- There’s no need to de-shell the chickpeas prior to roasting. You can, but I found this was too time-consuming to have any meaningful benefit.
Serve it with
These make an awesome one-pan dinner with just some toasty bread, but here are a few other pairings to serve pizza chickpeas with.
- Vegetarian Caesar Salad paired with pizza chickpeas is an Italian dinner dream!
- Microwave Pasta can be topped with these tomatoey chickpeas in place of serving with bread.
- Cauliflower Rice can offer a low-carb base to these pizza chickpeas instead of bread.
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Pizza Roasted Chickpeas
4.50 from 4 votes
By: Sarah Bond
Prep: 5 minutes minutes
Cook: 20 minutes minutes
Total: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Made with sweet tomatoes and gooey feta, these pizza roasted chickpeas make a delicious one-pan dinner. This recipe has all the flavor of your favorite pizza, but none of the work to make dough! You can also make it in advance and then just pop the tray in the oven.
Ingredients
- 2 15-oz cans chickpeas, drained
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes
- 2 Tbsp olive oil, 30 mL
- 1 tsp smoked paprika, crushed red pepper, and salt
- ½ tsp oregano
- 1 8-oz block feta cheese
- 1 8-oz ball buffalo mozzarella
- ¼ cup torn fresh basil
Instructions
Assemble: Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). Drain 2 15-oz cans chickpeas and pat them dry with a few paper towels. Add chickpeas to a medium casserole dish along with 2 pints cherry tomatoes, 2 Tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp smoked paprika, crushed red pepper, and salt, and ½ tsp oregano. Toss everything around to coat. Break 1 8-oz block feta cheese into big chunks and add them to the dish.
Bake: Set on the middle rack and roast until tomatoes have burst and chickpeas are a little crispy, about 20 to 30 minutes.
Tear 1 8-oz ball buffalo mozzarella into big pieces and add them to the dish. Turn your oven to "broil" and place dish back in the oven and broil, watching very closely, until the cheese has melted and the edges begin to brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
Serve: Top with ¼ cup torn fresh basil and serve warm with crusty bread!
Notes
For a fresh twist, omit the mozzarella and instead top the pizza chickpeas with fresh burrata right before serving!
Can I use parmesan instead of feta? While both are salty cheeses parmesan doesn’t melt the same as feta. Feta ends up ultra creamy making it ideal for this recipe!
Do I need to line the dish? Nope, nothing in this dish is sticky so you should be all good without a liner.
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