This post was originally published in February of 2015. Today I am updating the pictures, tweaking the recipe slightly, and sharing this delicious vegan chickpea stirfry bowl again!
Growing up, my family used to order Chinese after church every single Sunday.
We always ordered the same thing every week. I loved Chinese food!
Once I started to eat healthy, I realized that what I’d been eating all those years was not very good for me.
While I still enjoy my occasional out-to-eat fix, this vegan chickpea stirfry bowl is one healthy way for me to satisfy my cravings!
I love using water chestnuts in stir fry recipes.
They are so crunchy and really make me feel like I’m getting that out-to-eat experience.
The water chestnuts have always been one of my favorite parts of takeout chinese food!
I also added in baby corn just like my favorite Chinese restaurant does.
I love the texture that it adds!
For this stirfry bowl, I roasted chickpeas for the protein.
Roasting chickpeas gives them a nice texture and a little bit of a crunch (see those yummy crispy edges?)
I also chose brown rice for serving. I honestly forget sometimes how much I love brown rice.
Not only is it healthy, but it’s seriously delicious! I don’t even miss the white rice at all.
The key to the flavor of this recipe is in the fresh garlic, ginger, and onion.
While you can use store bought teriyaki sauce if you want, I HIGHLY recommend making the stir fry sauce from this recipe as it really takes the flavor over the top (and is super easy to make too.)
While some vegans eat honey, if that isn’t you, just substitute maple syrup in place of the honey and it should work too.
Try this next time you’re craving takeout, it’ll satisfy your cravings without the guilt and excess calories!
pin this vegan chickpea stirfry bowl for later:
- 1 large onion, diced
- 8 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh finely chopped ginger
- 2 (8 oz) cans of water chestnuts, drained
- 1 (8 oz) can of cut baby corn, drained
- 10 oz bag of frozen broccoli
- 2 (15 oz) cans of chickpeas, drained
- olive oil
- brown rice, for serving
- homemade stir fry sauce (or store bought teriyaki sauce)
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Start cooking rice while you prepare the stir fry (I used a rice cooker for convenience)
- Drain chickpeas and spread on a baking sheet in one layer. Add ⅛ cup of olive oil and toss well to coat
- Roast chickpeas for 15-18 minutes, stirring at 10 minutes, until crisp but not burnt
- Add the onion, garlic, ginger, water chestnuts, and baby corn to a bowl and toss to combine
- Turn a burner on medium high heat and coat a stainless steel skillet with olive oil to cover the bottom
- Once hot, add in the veggies from the bowl and sautee for 8-10 minutes, until crispy. Stir often to avoid sticking
- Make the homemade sauce (I used the one from this recipe) in a food processor. Or substitute teriyaki sauce from the store (I recommend the homemade sauce)
- Once veggies start to crisp, add in the homemade stir fry sauce and the frozen broccoli and cook on medium high heat for 5 minutes, or until sauce thickens and broccoli is cooked
- Once chickpeas are done, add them to the skillet mixture and stir.
- Serve over brown rice, with tamari sauce for serving if desired
This looks delicious. I wanted to let you know that I am linking to this if you don’t mind. You are welcome to share your recipes at my site. Alyssa
Did you thaw broccoli first?
Hi Allyson,
You can thaw the broccoli if you want, but I usually just toss mine in and it defrosts pretty quickly in the hot skillet.
I had this for supper last night and it tasted incredible!! The homade teriyaki sauce was delicious too. Thank you so much!!
So glad you enjoyed it Tiffany!
This was delicious!! Thanks for sharing!!
So glad you enjoyed it Amanda!
How much teriyaki sauce do you use?
Hi Camille,
The recipe instructions state the amounts used. Once the dish is completed, I suggest adding more to taste if necessary 🙂
So good! Made it with fresh broccoli and just left it in a little bit longer. The toasted chick peas end up sort of giving it a protein/meat feel. I will definitely be making it again and probably add snow peas next time and I think I would play with what to add to the chick peas before toasting them-they didn’t retain much of the flavor at all, maybe Chinese seasoning as well would work.
So glad you enjoyed the recipe, snow peas sound like a great addition!
I would love to try this yummy looking recipe however the link to your post about Teriyaki sauce is broken. Can you pls help? Thx 🙂
Hi Robin,
My apologies! I’ve updated the recipe description to include the sauce 🙂
This is very delicious and tasty. I love it. yummy!
Thanks Kelly!