Mexican Chickpea Salad
This Chickpea Salad is enjoyed cold! A recipe favorite in the warmer spring and summer months and requires only 7 ingredients. It's an easy to make fresh salad and vegetarian, paleo, and vegan friendly.
Servings: 8
Calories: 195kcal
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Knife
- Citrus juicer
- Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked chickpeas
- 1 cup red onion small diced
- 2 ½ cups cucumber cored and medium diced
- ½ cilantro bunch finely chopped
- ⅓ fresh serrano pepper finely sliced rounds
- 3 limes juiced
- 1 tsp sea salt 3/4 tsp if fine sea salt
Optional
- 1 Ripe avocado sliced or cubed
Instructions
- Drain chickpeas, rinse with water and place in a bowl to refrigerate. Chop all veggies.
- Combine all ingredients, juiced lime, and salt in a bowl, mix well, and finish with salt. Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hr.
Notes
Recipe yield: 8 cups
Storage: Proper food storage with with lid then refrigerate. This salad last up to 6-7 days.
Finely sliced serrano pepper for that spicy-kick. Jalapeno for mild spice. (Pro Tip: Be sure to sample the pepper before adding to ensure you don't over spice the salad. Sometimes, jalapenos bring the heat!)
Do you love strong onion flavor? Use white onion instead of red.
Canned or fresh chickpeas / garbanzos can be used to make our ceviche style chickpea salad. Either way will be delicious.
If you prefer use the whole cucumber, we definitely encourage that however we notice the salad does get a bit more soggy when we leave the core in. For same day eats, we leave the core in, otherwise, we leave it out.
If we don't have salsa ready, thin sliced ripe tomato rounds finished with salt and a sprinkle of lime, and serrano or jalapeno for biting into is our preferred choice. We eat it just like ceviche!
As with any ceviche, the longer it sits in the fridge the longer the flavors settle. Therefore, even tastier the next day.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 300mg | Potassium: 473mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 112IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 3mg