Healthy Hallelujah’s Vegan Chickpea Nuggets

Healthy Hallelujah’s Vegan Chickpea Nuggets

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 16oz can of chickpeas
• 1 clove of garlic, chopped
• 1-2 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1-2 tsp olive oil 
• Panko Italian breadcrumbs (if vegan, make your own in a food processor by processing dry bread with Italian seasonings) 

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine chickpeas, chopped garlic, cumin powder, and sea salt in a food processor. The final consistency shouldn’t be chunky, but thick. You don’t want to thin the “dough” out to hummus consistency.  
2. Roll chickpea “dough” into little bite size balls and cover lightly with olive oil. 
3. Flatten out the balls so that they are about half an inch thick, then pat both sides lightly onto the breadcrumbs.
4. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray or coat with the remainder of the olive oil. Place nuggets on the cookie sheet.
5. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, flip, and bake for another 10 minutes.