Try this chickpea pizza crust if you are looking for a high fiber and high protein pizza option. I’m taking chickpea flour and making it into a gluten-free pizza crust that your family won’t be able to resist. Feel free to make a socca pizza Margherita or go for a pizza with the works! This chickpea flour pizza crust is perfect with a variety of toppings.

A couple of months ago, a friend alerted me to the idea of a pizza crust made with chickpeas. Banza pizza has become quite popular in recent years. So, let’s make our own chickpea pizza crust recipe with chickpea pizza dough, shall we?

🍕 Chickpea Pizza Crust Ingredients 

This chickpea pizza base is essentially a flatbread called socca. Here are the ingredients you need for my chickpea flour pizza crust recipe: 

• 1 cup chickpea flour (AKA garbanzo bean flour) 
• 1 cup water 
• 2½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil  
• Spices and herbs (1 teaspoon each dried basil and dried oregano, salt to taste) 
• 1/3 cup pizza sauce 
• 3 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese 
• Your favorite pizza toppings (pepperoni, olives, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, chicken, etc.) 

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Like most gluten-free pizza crusts, this crust made with chickpea flour does have a different texture than those made with white flour. However, it’s still yummy, and you don’t have to eat it with a fork!

➕ How to Make Chickpea Pizza Crust

Here are the step-by-step directions for how to make a chickpea flour pizza base: 

1. Whisk the chickpea flour, water, dried basil, dried oregano, salt, and 1½ tablespoons of the olive oil together in a bowl. Keep whisking until the mixture is thoroughly combined without lumps. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes. 

2. Preheat the oven to 450F (232C). During the last five minutes of step one, turn your oven to high broil. Put an 11-inch (27.9 cm) cast iron skillet in the oven to heat it up. 

3. Carefully remove the hot skillet from the oven. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the skillet and swirl to coat the bottom. Pour in the chickpea flour batter and (carefully!) tilt the skillet so the batter completely covers the bottom. If it’s too thick, quickly spread the batter around with the back of a spoon. 

4. Heat the skillet on the stovetop over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes. It’s fine if large bubbles form in the batter. 

5. Next, place the skillet one-third down from the top of the oven. Broil on high for approximately 5 minutes. Your chickpea crust should be firm and nearly finished cooking. 

6. Remove the crust from the oven. Let any air bubbles deflate a bit. You can pat them down with the back of a spoon if needed to flatten the crust. Thinly spread the sauce on the crust. It is important to not add too much sauce to your pizza, this will make it soggy. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on your pizza, then top with other pizza toppings. 

7. Return the pizza to the oven and broil on high for an additional 3 minutes. The cheese should melt. Let the pizza cool a bit before cutting into slices. 

Chickpea Flour Pizza Crust Tips

I have two main tips to get a grain-free chickpea crust that is sufficiently firm on the bottom without sogginess. Ready? 

First, heat the crust in a cast iron skillet on the stovetop for 3-5 minutes BEFORE popping it in the oven to broil. This is the key to make a crust that holds up to pizza toppings. The downside of this method is that the thick batter may form large bubbles on the stovetop. 

This is no big deal though. Just pat the bubbles down with the back of a spoon before adding your tomato sauce. The sauce brings me to my second important tip. 

Second tip: don’t get overly generous with your toppings that add a lot of moisture. I found ½ cup of tomato sauce was too much. 

Add your tomato sauce sparingly! One-third cup looks like it will be too little when you spread it on, but it will be perfect. 

How to Store Chickpea Crust Pizza

Leftover chickpea pizza can be kept in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days (remove fresh basil). You can reheat chickpea flour pizza using the reheat pizza in air fryer directions to make it crispy again. In short, heat the topped chickpea pizza at 400F (200C) for 3 minutes (air fryer ovens: use top rack). 

🔥 How to Make Chickpea Flour Pizza Dough with Yeast 

You could make a chickpea flour pizza crust with yeast, but why would you want to? This garbanzo pizza crust recipe has no leavening like yeast or baking powder. It’s basically an unleavened flat bread, and it works great for pizza. 

So, make life easier on yourself and skip the chickpea flour yeast pizza dough. Since chickpea flour is a gluten-free flour, you’ll need to use a mix of flours and starches to get the yeast dough to hold together. This is the best chickpea flour pizza crust recipe, because the only specialty flour you need is chickpea flour. 

🥫 How to Make Canned Chickpea Pizza Crust 

You can also make pizza crust with canned chickpeas that are pureed. You’ll need to add a binder, such as flour. Canned chickpea pizza slices may fall apart easily, so making a chickpea flour crust might be better. 

🍞 How many carbs are in chickpea pizza crust? 

This chickpea pizza crust has 36.1 grams net carbs per serving, or 37.7 grams net carbs with pizza toppings. Though this is gluten-free chickpea pizza crust with no flour, it is not keto. You may be able to fit this pizza into more relaxed low carb diets (e.g., diabetic carbohydrate exchanges). 

👨‍⚕️ Chickpea Pizza Crust Nutrition 

Here’s the nutrition info for this chickpea crust pizza (tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese toppings only): 

• Calories: 533 
• Total fat: 30.2g 
• Saturated fat: 7.8g 
• Cholesterol: 30mg 
• Sodium: 1041.7mg 
• Total carbohydrate: 47.3g 
• Fiber: 11.2g 
• Net carbohydrates: 36.1g 
• Total sugar: 3.7g 
• Protein: 21.3g 
• Vitamin A: 7.1%DV 
• Vitamin C: 0%DV 
• Potassium: 910mg 
• Iron: 27.7% DV 
• Calcium: 39.7% DV 

To make your chickpea flour pizza crust vegan, all you need to do is use vegan cheese alternatives and other dairy-free pizza toppings. Easy! 

👩🏻‍🍳 More Pizza Recipes 

If a more traditional pizza crust sounds better to you, don’t miss my spelt flour pizza dough recipe. It’s a great choice for those who prefer a thin and crisp crust (though it’s not appropriate for gluten-free diets). Here are some other recipes for pizza: 

• Frozen Cauliflower Crust Pizza in Air Fryer 
• English Muffin Pizza in Air Fryer 
• Totino’s Pizza Rolls (Air Fryer) 

FAQs 

Where to buy chickpea flour pizza base? 

You can find Banza chickpea pizza crust at many popular grocery stores in the U.S. This includes Walmart, Target, Stop & Shop, Winn Dixie, and Publix. You can also purchase it online at Amazon. 

What are the Banza chickpea pizza crust ingredients? 

Here are the ingredients for Banza plain crust pizza: Chickpeas, Water, Tapioca, Cocoa Butter, Olive Oil, Less than 2% of: Yeast, Oregano, Garlic Powder, Salt, Date Powder, Sunflower Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, and Baking Powder. 

Does chickpea flour need to be soaked? 

Don’t soak the chickpea flour in this recipe. The added moisture will cause your pizza crust to fall apart. You may soak chickpea flour if the recipe calls for it. 

Can you eat chickpea flour raw? 

No, don’t eat chickpea flour or chickpeas raw. They are very bitter and contain substances that may cause digestive disturbance. Canned chickpeas are precooked and ready to eat. 

What are some other names for chickpea flour pizza? 

Gram flour pizza base, besan pizza, socca pizza, and garbanzo bean pizza crust are other names for chickpea pizza. 

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