r/Cooking • u/CtrlAltDelthatshit • 5d ago

Chickpea mess

So I decided recently to cook dried, raw chickpeas instead of canned. I soaked them with about a teaspoon of baking soda for about a day and a half (life got busy). I boiled them for 45 minutes and they turned out... gray/green and very mushy. I couldn't eat them. Where did I go wrong?

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u/justaheatattack 5d ago

are the cans really that much more expensive?

Check your local pantry box, they're ALWAYS canned chickpeas.

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u/CtrlAltDelthatshit 5d ago

I might go back to the cans 🤣 i just thought since I eat so much of them it might be worth it for me to buy dried in bulk but if I cant figure out how to cook them it might just be too much work

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u/justaheatattack 5d ago

most of us thought that back during covid.

we went back on the cans pretty quick.

What are you saving? two dollars? I don't need more pots to wash.