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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Complete Protein Garbanzo Pancakes

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While riding in a van to choir practice with a friend, I learned about her garbanzo bean pancake experiment. I happen to have a very large supply of garbanzo beans, as I use them for the chicken substitute because of their texture, and when she mentioned that her family had no idea there was anything weird in the recipe, and totally loved them, I had to try it.

However, try as I may, I could never reach her thereafter to get the recipe, so out of desperation, I googled it and found something I thought would work. Upon putting it together in the blender, though, the batter appeared to be no thicker than milk, and I couldn't imagine how I could make a pancake out of it. We had just ground some whole wheat flour over the weekend, and the thought occured to me that if I added some, the pancakes would then contain a complete protein, plus hopefully be thickened up a bit. This worked like a charm, and the kids gobbled up the entire batch. I told the 15-year-old boy, a football player, that it was like eating steak and eggs for breakfast, but much better for you. He didn't buy it, but he did eat six pancakes and a few more with his lunch.

Thanks, Norma, for the inspiration! I hope you enjoy these as much as we did!

Complete Protein Garbanzo Pancakes

<p>Whole wheat flour and garbanzo beans make this a complete-protein breakfast!</p>

See Complete Protein Garbanzo Pancakes on Key Ingredient.


Ingredients

1 c. garbanzo beans
1½ c whole wheat flour
¼ c olive oil
1½ c. water
2 eggs
2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
½ t. salt

Directions

Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Cook on a greased or buttered griddle until golden brown on each side.

NOTE: Pancake tops may not bubble when ready to be flipped, but the edges should start to pucker.

7 comments:

  1. Those look soooo yummy! Thanks for sharing...glad to have the site going again. What a blessing...

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  2. This is our new favorite pancake recipe. My kids LOVE these--and I love the fact that they are getting even more beans than we normally eat! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Thank you so much, NatureGirl and Tina! I'm so glad you like the pancakes as much as we do!

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  4. Do you have to soak the garbanzo beans?

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  5. Anon, no, they are put into the blender dry. Honestly, I don't know how this would work with a regular blender. I used a high power blender, a Vita-Mix, and a Blend-Tec would do the job as well. Thanks for your question! :)

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