Spicy Chickpea Salad

⏱ 20 mins 🍽 4-6 serving(s) 🏷 Spreads

This is a flexible and flavourful chickpea salad with a spicy character. It combines chickpeas with fresh vegetables, herbs, and a tangy Italian dressing. The mixture benefits from resting to let the flavours meld. It's excellent served chilled, either as a spread on hot toasted pita or as a side dish. Preparation time is 20 minutes, not including the recommended 1 hour in the fridge.

Spicy Chickpea Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 teaspoon fresh jalapeno, minced (I often use more!)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (fresh is a must)
  • 1/3 cup shredded carrot
  • 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can of chopped black olives (depending upon taste, you may want to use 1/2 can)
  • 1/8 cup diced red onion
  • 1 green onions or 1 scallion, sliced thinly
  • 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 10 asparagus spears (tips only)
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 dash ground red pepper
  • 1/4-1/2 cup of newman's own family recipe Italian dressing or 1/4-1/2 cup your own italian vinaigrette, I interchange depending upon my time

Method

  1. Drain the chickpeas and rinse them thoroughly.
  2. Transfer the rinsed chickpeas to a medium mixing bowl.
  3. Incorporate all the remaining ingredients and mix everything together very well.
  4. Allow the salad to rest for 1 hour so the flavours can blend.
  5. Serve the salad chilled, accompanied by hot pita bread or as a side dish.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium853900 mg

Recipe details

CategorySpreads
AuthorCrabzilla