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Garbanzo Bean (Chickpea), Rancho Gordo - Heirloom beans
Simple Hummus topped with Smoked Spanish Paprika, Rancho Gordo - Heirloom beans
Cooked Garbanzo bean with tasso ham, celery, and  thyme
Cooked Garbanzo bean

Garbanzo Bean (Chickpea)

$ 6.25
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Description
A slightly nutty-flavored classic bean, essential for Middle Eastern, Mexican, and European cooking. 

If you are used to canned Garbanzo beans, our Garbanzos will be a revelation. Firm yet creamy, with an addictive flavor and texture. New-crop harvest ensures quicker cooking and fresher flavor.

Unlike most of our other beans, Garbanzos aren't indigenous to the Americas, but we love them so much and the imported crops tend to be so old and dusty that we make this one of our California crops.

Cooking Suggestions

Salads, hummus, soups, dips, snacks

From the Rancho Gordo Kitchen

Obviously they're classic for hummus and as a key ingredient in a green salad, but they're great in soups, too. For salads, try skipping the lettuce and go for the crunch: celery, carrots, onions, Garbanzos and your favorite dressing. A simple meal of sauteed spinach, Garbanzos, and smoked Spanish paprika, with a squeeze of lemon never disappoints.

Cooking Instructions

Check beans for debris, and rinse thoroughly. In a large pot, sauté aromatic vegetables (onions, garlic, celery, carrot, etc.) in olive oil. Add beans and enough water to cover by about 2 inches. Bring to a full boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Reduce heat to a gentle simmer, using a lid to help regulate the heat, and gently cook until done, 1 to 3 hours. Salt when the beans start to soften. A pre-soak of 2 to 6 hours will lessen the cooking time.

We see many recipes suggesting baking soda and 24 hour soaking to soften Garbanzos. We find this unnecessary with our new crop beans. Soaking isn't even necessary, unless you prefer to do it.

Similar to

Black Garbanzo

Latin name

Cicer arietinum

Country of origin

USA


"I recommend Rancho Gordo for all manner of beans...quite possibly the most delicious beans you'll ever munch."

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Garbanzo Bean (Chickpea)

$ 6.25
Frequent Cooking Questions

Should I soak my beans overnight before cooking?

There are many thoughts and no one perfect way to make beans. Soaking the beans will speed up the cooking but you have to wait to do it so how much time are you really saving? We often soak in the morning and cook the beans in the afternoon for dinner but we also just cook the beans and wait for them to be done. Most employees here start as avid soakers and end up just cooking without soaking. We feel a key step is to allow the beans to really come to a full boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Then reduce to a gentle simmer and cook until tender. See our Cooking page for tips and our master bean recipe.

Do you provide recipes?

We have an extensive Recipe Blog we've built over years as well as recipe books you can purchase. And if you're looking for a place to start, here's our How to Cook Beans in the Rancho Gordo Manner guide.

What about gas? How do I reduce it?

Another favorite subject! In our business, we call this a "Gift With Purchase." All I can say is Mexico and India, and other legume-eating countries don’t seem to be as obsessed about it as we are. I believe the more you eat, the less you are bothered, despite what the childish rhyme says. If you haven’t had beans in a long while and saddle up to a huge bowl of chili, chances are you may suffer. But when you incorporate beans into your daily diet, they rarely are a problem.

Many, many people believe that soaking the beans and changing the water helps.

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The Rancho Gordo Story

You Can Blame it All on the Dutch

I was shopping one August for tomatoes and, despite Napa being one of the world's most magnificent agricultural regions, all the tomatoes were from a hothouse in Holland! Worse, they were hard and pale pink instead of the ripe tomatoes I was craving. I started to grow my own tomatoes and this eventually led to beans.

My first harvested heirloom bean was Rio Zape. They were pretty and easy to grow but I had no idea what to expect when I cooked them. They were similar to the pintos I liked but there was so much more going on. Hints of chocolate and coffee mixed with an earthy texture made my head spin. I was blown away by Rio Zape and the other heirloom beans I was growing, but also really confused why they were such a big secret. I took the beans to the farmers market, organizing things on my kitchen table. Soon there was a warehouse, followed by more markets and mail order. It seems we had struck a nerve. People agreed that heirloom beans were worth saving, growing and cooking. Currently our warehouse, a retail shop, and offices are in Napa, California, and a stop here is part of many tours of the wine country. 

All of my agricultural pursuits have been based on being someone who likes to cook but gets frustrated by the lack of ingredients, especially those that are native to the Americas. One of the things that originally drew me to beans was the fact that they are indigenous to the Americas. It seems to me these indigenous ingredients should be familiar, if not common. American cuisine is re-inventing itself and I'd love to include ingredients, traditions and recipes from north and south of the border as part of the equation. I love the concept of The Americas. I feel as if it's just as important as the European heritage many of us share.

You can read more about the Rancho Gordo story here.

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