Chickpea Salad with Feta

This bright and refreshing chickpea salad with feta combines cucumber, corn, and cherry tomatoes with a zesty lemon and olive oil dressing. A quick Mediterranean chickpea salad recipe ready in 10 minutes — light, healthy, and perfect for lunch or as a summer side dish.

Course Salad

Cuisine Mediterranean

Diet Gluten Free, Low Lactose, Vegetarian

Dietary Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Nut Free, Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings people

Calories 225kcal

Author Sammy Eng

Ingredients

Salad

1 can chickpeas 400g/14oz
1 can corn kernels 400g/14oz
1 cucumber medium
1 red pepper small
200 g cherry tomatoes
100 g Greek feta
⅓ cup flat leaf parsley chopped

Salad Dressing

3 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 garlic clove crushed
salt to taste
pepper to taste

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Salad

Open and drain canned chickpeas. Give chickpeas a rinse under water before using.
Open and drain canned corn.
Chop cucumber into small pieces
Cut cherry tomatoes into halves.
Slice and cut bell peppers into bite size pieces.
Roughly chop parsley

Salad Dressing

In a mason jar, add extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper.
Shake until well combined.

Assembly

In a large bowl, add all the salad ingredients except for feta.
Pour dressing on top and toss to combine.
Crumb feta on top of salad and gently toss it through.
Serve.

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Notes

Make sure you rinse the canned chickpeas before using.
If you don’t like feta, you can switch it to another type of cheese. Try baby bocconcini, grilled halloumi cubes or marinated goat cheese.
For a vegan/dairy free option, substitute feta with your favourite vegan brand or omit it.
You can use dried chickpeas and cook them as per instructions. For one can of chickpeas, use ½ cup of dried chickpeas.
If you don’t have parsley, switch for basil, mint, dill or even a combination of your favourite herbs.
When meal prepping ahead of time, store salad in an airtight container in fridge but leave the feta out until ready to serve.
This simple chickpea recipe is flexible enough for you to replace or add other ingredients like olives, avocado, red onion or capers.

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