Chickpea Flatbread Recipe (GF/DF, Egg-free, Flourless) (2024)

Guest post by Virginia

Ever since I have gone gluten free, I have always had a “find healthy bread-like recipes” sub-routine running. My husband and oldest son are very interested in eating things that resemble bread, and I like trying new things, so everyone is generally happy.

The one thing that really trips me up about gluten free cooking is how one is expected to own every. kind. of. flour.

When I encountered a recipe for chickpea flatbread I was very excited until I read that I needed chickpea flour (for the typical chickpea flatbread recipe called Socca, from France). Sorry, friends. I have at least five different kinds of flour in my pantry/fridge and I am not looking to invest in new varieties at the moment.

I wasn’t going to be that easily deterred, though, since the concept of chickpea flatbread sounded quite yummy.

With a Vitamix and whole chickpeas I thought I would be able to come up with something resembling flatbread. And I was right! My version is delicious and flourless (and frugal!)

I decided to add lentils along the way and now I consider them an integral part of this bread.

This is a great bread to make for guests as anyone except for your Paleo friends can eat it. It is gluten free, grain free, nut free, egg free, and vegetarian/vegan.

How to Make Chickpea Flatbread: Step by Step

Step 1: Soak chickpeas and lentils

Step 2: Blend 1 cup of chickpeas with water, olive oil, and salt, and store the rest in the fridge

Step 3: Pour batter into pan and bake

It’s really quite simple, and other than remembering to soak the chickpeas and lentils the night before – it requires very little time and effort. My kind of recipe!

What Can I Serve with Chickpea Flatbread?

There are lots of ways to enjoy it! Here are some ideas:

• Flatbread pizza (you can make your flatbread a bit heartier/thicker by slightly reducing the water in the recipe).
• Use it as a wrap – fill it with scrambled eggs and salsa, meat and cheese, or whatever else your little heart desires!
• Break it or cut it up and serve it as a cracker substitute with a hot dip (mmm, spinach-artichoke dip) or a cold dip like hummus (in case you’re going for a chickpea theme, ha!)
• Cut into chip-sized pieces and fry in a half inch of coconut oil to make crispy chips
• Tear it up and serve as flatbread with oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping
• Tear it up and serve as crackers with salami and cheese

Got any other ideas? Share below!

Virginia is a child of God, a wife to her high school sweetheart, and a mother to three children. A musician by training, she now spends her time preparing delicious food, trying to get her children to eat said delicious food, and then scrubbing the same delicious food off the floor and washing it out of garments. She is in the process of improving her backyard garden so that the food she makes can be even more delicious. In her spare time (haha) she loves reading, playing with her cute kids, and hanging out with her awesome husband. Connect with her on herblog.