Tesco Chickpeas (Tesco Tinned Chickpeas)

Member Name: sun-is-shining

Product:	Tesco Tinned Chickpeas
Date:	29/07/09 (79 review reads)
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Advantages: cheap, healthy, good quality

Disadvantages: none

My mum always told me to stay away from tinned food and to use fresh vegetables; but let's face it I'm just too unorganised to plan 12 hours in advance what I want to eat and soak dried chickpeas in water overnight.

You can always find one or more tins of chickpeas in my cupboard and the Tesco ones are just the cheapest on the market. I use them in so many dishes, starting from homemade hummus to Indian curries.

The chickpeas seem to be of a good quality. The taste great and are not soggy at all; I never found any 'bad' or discoloured ones in the tin.
As they are in pure water you don't really have to wash them before using and they keep their natural taste.
If you cook them you can just empty the whole can in a saucepan and after cooking for 4 min drain all the excess water and serve. If you mix them in a curry or chilli con carne just drain and add the chickpeas to the sauce.

The label informs us that the chickpeas contain sulphides and that no nuts were used but as always they cannot guarantee that it is nut-free. The chickpeas are of course suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans.

One can with 400g (drained 240g) will cost you around 80pence which is not bad if you compare it what you have to pay for ready made hummus.
The chickpeas are also the main ingredients for curries or for chilli con carne - it's never bad to have a can or two at home as chickpeas are very multifunctional and of course healthy as well.

1/2 can is one portion of your 5 a day but I think that it is as with every type of pulses and that one whole can would still be only one portion and not two. 120g (half a can) contains:
* 145kcal
* 8.6g protein
* 19.3g carbohydrates
* 3.5g fat
* 4.9g fibre
* and only traces of sodium and salt

I can highly recommend the Tesco whole foods chickpeas!
*******

My favourite hummus recipe with lemon and basil:

* 1 tin Tesco chickpeas, drained
* 15 basil leaves
* 1 clove of garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
* 3 tablespoons of olive oil
* salt
* 4 tablespoons of lemon juice

Preparing the hummus is so easy that it's hard to believe that people actually buy it ready made; just mix all the ingredients in a blender and blend till it's smooth.
Serve chilled with uncooked vegetable sticks as a nice and healthy lunch or snack while watching a movie.

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