Chickpea Salad with Lemon Dill Dressing

For a salad without frills full of fresh flavor to serve your barbecue or in an intense week, try this chickpea salad with daughter and lemon sauce.

Chickpea salad with aneth and lemon sauce

Fresh, lively and ready in a few minutes, this Mediterranean -inspired chickpea salad combines crunchy vegetables with chickpeas rich in protein in a brilliant aneto and lemon dressing. Crusading cucumbers, sweet peppers and juicy tomatoes provide a refreshing crunchiness, while the red onions add a delicate touch. The homemade dressing, with fresh herbs and spicy lemon, transforms simple ingredients into an extraordinary dish, perfect for lunches, barbecues or light dinners during the week. If you are ready to add this salad to your menu, start.

Are chickpeas healthy?

The chickpeas (i.e. chickpeas) contain a nutritional punch in this light and refreshing salad. These types have a high content of proteins and fibers, with a hazelnut flavor that absorbs the brilliant condiment of citrus fruits. When you combine them with fresh vegetables, your chickpeas create a balanced dish that offers perfect contrast with the rich and smoked flavors of the barbecue. You can also completely avoid the smoking if you want to enjoy this salad as a light meal.

Ingredients for this recipe

This chickpea salad is all simplicity, with only five fresh ingredients for the base and seven common elements for the spicy seasoning. The entire dish is prepared in 10-15 minutes, so you can easily create unforgettable flavors. Here’s what you will need to make it:

Salad ingredients

2 14 ounces chickpeas (drain and rinse)
1 Great English cucumber (slices and in quarter)
2 medium tomatoes (chopped)
1 orange OR yellow pepper (diced)
¼ cup red onion (in thin slices)

Tomatoes, peppers, chickpeas, cucumbers and chopped onions in white bowls on a table.

Wandering and lemon condiment

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh dill (chopped)
1 tablespoon fresh parsley (chopped)
1 tablespoon fresh chives (chopped)
2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Half lemon juice

Tip to soaking onion

Raw onions can overwhelm a delicate salad like this with their decisive bite, therefore a rapid soaking in fresh water sweetens that incisiveness while maintaining their satisfactory crunchiness. Just slice the onions and refrigerate them in cold water for 5-10 minutes. This simple passage tames the intensity of the onions while preserving the sweet notes and the crunchy consistency. Even if optional, I highly recommend this step.

How to prepare chickpea salad

This lively salad is full of flavor, but it is surprisingly easy to create. Follow these simple steps for a fresh and delicious dish:

Prepare chickpeas and vegetables. Before putting everything together, you want to prepare your ingredients. Drain and rinse the chickpeas and use a sharp knife To slice the vegetables. If you intend to soak the onions, you can do it now while preparing the seasoning.
Prepare the dressing. Add all the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl, then mix or beat until the sugar and salt are completely melted. The fresh herbs and the brilliant lemon juice create a soft and spicy seasoning to cover the vegetables.
Add the dressing. Once the dressing is ready, pour it over all the ingredients of your salad. It gently mix the chickpeas and vegetables, ensuring that everything is uniformly covered by the condiment to the herbs. Make sure to avoid breaking the chickpeas or denting vegetables.
Rest, serve and have fun. You can enjoy your salad immediately, but I recommend you cook it from 45 minutes to an hour. This time you want to let your salad rest so that the flavors can continue to merge together. The chickpeas will absorb the brilliant seasoning while the vegetables will maintain their crunchy consistency. This step is optional, but believe me, you will be happy to have done it.

A dressing bowl is poured into a larger glass bowl full of chopped vegetables.

Tips to serve

The versatility of this chickpea salad is what makes it such a killer recipe that it has in your arsenal. It is at home as a side dish for a delicious barbecue or as a light appetizer during a frenetic week. I love serving this salad together with smoked chicken, keep pork chops or a perfectly burned steak. Light salad combines heavy meats, while the bright notes cut its wealth. Honestly, this salad is a welcome addition to any smoked or grilled dish.

Prepare in advance and keep the advanced chickpea salad

If you put forward the chickpeas to be prepared or want to prepare it in advance, there is no problem. Simply put the salad in an airtight container, then keep it in the refrigerator for another 3-4 days. The flavors continue to develop overnight, even if the vegetables will soften slightly. Before enjoying your salad again, mix it gently and taste the dressing. You can give it a splash of fresh lemon juice if you need to revive the flavor.

Other easy salad recipes

After trying this chickpea salad, you will be looking for even more fantastic salads to prepare for your next barbecue. I have dozens of simple and tasty salad recipes, so you can have some varieties while you enjoy these healthy sides. You can find them all in your recipe bookcase and in the Hey Grill Hey app, but here are some of my favorites to try after:

Simple recipe for chickpea salad

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Prepare chickpeas and vegetables. Drain and rinse the chickpeas and prepare the vegetables for the salad. If you want to immerse the onions in cold water for 5-10 minutes to temperature the bite, do it now. Put everything else in a large bowl, then add the onions after finishing the soaking.

2 14 -ounce chickpea cans, 1 large English cucumber, 2 medium tomatoes, 1 orange pepper, ¼ cup of red onion
Prepare the dressing. In a small bowl, add the olive oil and the lemon juice with the fresh dill, the parsley and the chives, then add salt and sugar. Mix until everything is incorporated and the salt and sugar are completely melted.

3 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of fresh dill, 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley, 1 tablespoon of fresh chives, 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, ¼ lemon
Add the dressing. Pour the mixed dressing on the ingredients of the salad, then gently mix everything to mix it. You want a nice mix of ingredients and that everything has a uniform layer of seasoning.
Rest, serve and have fun. You can enjoy your salad immediately, but I prefer to let mine rest for 45 minutes at 1 hour. This allows all flavors to merge. Don’t make it last more than 2 hours, so everything remains crunchy. Enjoy it as a light meal or serve with your favorite meat.

Nutritional information is calculated automatically, therefore they must be used only as approximation.