This easy Chickpea Scramble makes an easy, satisfying, and delicious breakfast. It's a great vegan substitute for scrambled eggs and is packed with fiber and protein. Ready in just 15 minutes!
Breakfast can be the most difficult meal of the day. Many healthy breakfast options satisfy your sweet tooth. But what if you're craving something savory for breakfast?! Enter, this chickpea scramble.
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Chickpea Nutrition
Chickpeas are part of the legume family. That means this chickpea breakfast scramble is a protein-packed, satiating, and delicious meal.
Besides packing in plant-based protein, chickpeas are filled with fiber. Most of us actually aren't getting the recommended daily amount of fiber -- around 25 grams.
Fiber is food for your gut bacteria and is the nutrient integral to disease prevention and overall health. This is not something you want to go without. But, good news, fiber is found in all plant foods! God is so good, giving us plants to keep us healthy.
Eat up on your beans, because they are nothing but good for you!
Why I love this Chickpea Scramble
- Dietary needs - this recipe is dairy-free, plant-based, oil-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free. It's also very high in protein and fiber.
- Quick and easy - you can make this chickpea breakfast scramble in just 15 minutes, perfect for a quick breakfast
- Hearty, healthy breakfast - chickpeas pack in protein and fiber, perfect to keep you filled all morning long
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
- Chickpeas: This recipe is so easy because you don't need to cook the chickpeas. Just buy a can of chickpeas from the grocery store and you're good to go!
- Onion: use any color onion you'd like
- Garlic: even though I call for garlic powder in this recipe, I highly recommend slicing up a few cloves of garlic - fresh garlic has so much more flavor
- Spices: onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, thyme, coriander, cayenne, salt, and pepper. These spices really make the dish - they give this scramble allllll the flavor.
How to make this Chickpea Scramble
Step 1. Sauté the onion over medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until soft, using a splash of water or vegetable broth if the onion starts to stick.
Step 2. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds.
Step 3. Add the chickpeas and the spices. Sauté for a few minutes until the chickpeas warm.
Step 4. Smash the chickpeas with a spatula, creating a 'scramble', and leave some of the chickpeas whole.
Step 5. Remove from the heat, serve, and enjoy!
Serving Options
Once the chickpeas are done, your options are endless, serve:
- on toast
- over pasta
- with spaghetti squash
- in a Buddha bowl
- with stir-fry veggies
- by itself
Yes, this is a chickpea breakfast scramble, but who said you can't have breakfast for lunch?
Recipe Prayer
Jesus, thank you for giving us the ability to heal our bodies with your wondrous creation, beans. You are so good to us. Give us the fuel to do your will with our lives.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Chickpea Scramble (Oil-Free)
Ingredients
- 1 15 Ounce Can Chickpeas
- ½ Medium Red Onion diced
- 4 Cloves Garlic sliced
- 1 Teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Dried Parsley
- ½ Teaspoon Dried Thyme
- ½ Teaspoon Coriander
- ¼ Teaspoon Cayenne
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Sauté the onion over medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until soft, using a splash of water or vegetable broth if the onion starts to stick.
- Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds.
- Add the chickpeas and the spices. Sauté for a few minutes until the chickpeas warm.
- Smash the chickpeas with a spatula, creating a 'scramble', and leave some of the chickpeas whole.
- Remove from the heat, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is an estimate.
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