This Chickpea Salad is a light and refreshing summer salad recipe and you can easily add in more veggies too! It’s vegan, oil-free, gluten-free, and plant-based.
Salads are abundant in the summer, there are so many delicious salads to choose from and you can easily adapt the recipe to your specific dietary needs.
Our Chickpea salad recipe is a recipe that everyone can enjoy, making it perfect for your next outdoor party and a great addition or swap for your usual potato salad or coleslaw side dishes.
We love wrapping it up in a freshly grilled pita pocket with some hummus and grilled veggies. If you love a salad with fresh herbs and chopped fresh veggies this is for you, it’s even great for meal prepping.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKPEA SALAD
You only need a few ingredients to make this delicious chickpea salad.
- Chickpeas: You can use homemade chickpeas or canned, these add a decent amount of protein.
- Persian Cucumber: Persian Cucumbers have no seeds, they’re smaller, like a baby cucumber. If you cannot find these you can use 1/3 of an English cucumber.
- Roma Tomatoes: Roma tomatoes are firm and easy to remove the seeds.
- Red Pepper: Red peppers add sweetness, vitamin C, B6, and folate – feel free to add the whole thing or snack on the other half.
- Red Onion: Red onions add another crunch, a little bitterness, and beautiful color.
- Lemon Juice: The lemon juice adds acidity and brightness.
- Herbs: Fresh Parsley is our herb of choice for this fresh salad, you could also add in cilantro if you’d like.
- Seasoning: Salt completes this and brings all the flavors together. You can leave out if needed.
- Combine: Chop up the vegetables into bite size pieces and mix into a bowl with the chickpeas. Chop the parsley and mix with the lemon juice and salt. Pour over the salad and toss to combine.
HOW LONG DOES CHICKPEA SALAD LAST?
This salad should last about 4 days in the fridge stored in an airtight container.
more summer salad recipes:
- Israeli Salad
- Shirazi Salad
- Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad
- Watermelon Salad
- Shopska Salad
- Cucumber Salad
- Quinoa Salad
Chickpea Salad
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas drained
- 1 Persian cucumber
- 1 Roma tomato
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1/8 cup red onion
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Chop up the vegetables into bite size pieces and mix into a bowl with the chickpeas.
- Chop the parsley and mix with the lemon juice and salt.
- Pour the lemon juice and parsley mixture over the salad and toss to combine.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- If you can't find Persian cucumbers you can use 1/3 of an English cucumber.
- Need more sauce? You can add more lemon juice or add in some olive oil if you're not following an oil-free diet.
- Easily double or triple this recipe for entertaining.
- Like most mixed salads, it's even better the next day.
- This salad should last about 4 days in the fridge stored in an airtight container.
Nutrition
The nutritional information is automatically calculated and can vary based ingredients and products used. If the nutrition numbers are important for you we recommend calculating them yourself.
So glad I found this recipe! It is so good and tastes so fresh! 😁
Yay – thrilled you enjoyed! We love sharing these fresh and healthy recipes 🙂
Delicious and refreshing!! I went with the Tangy dressing & it was perfect flavor combo!!The ONLY change I would make, based purely on my family’s likes & dislikes would be to add some mozzarella pearls or other cheese ❤️
Love those additions!
What would you pair this with?
We usually pair with hummus, falafel, and fresh pita. 🙂
This looks yummy. It will be my lunch next week.
We hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Hello: I just made this. I didn’t have tomatoes. Looking forward to having it for dinner.
We hope you love it! 😀
I love how fresh this is! I’m just not a fan of the lemon juice, salt and parsley. I love parsley, but I’m looking for something different. I’m not under any kind of restrictions. Would yoy have any suggestions?
You could use your favorite salad dressing, hummus, tahini, or even oil and vinegar. 🙂
This Is DELICIOUS!! Whatever you do not b leave out the avocado. Adds a creamy element that’s a must!!
What a perfect summer lunch, thank you Courtney!! 😊
I don’t eat allium. Might you be able to suggest a substitute for the red onion?
Hi there … i love the recipe
So glad you love it!! 🙂
Love this salad as a side dish, now part of our regular rotation of food options. ThAnks so much!
Yay! So glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Recipe sounds good. Should the chickpeas be drained or is that part of the dressing?
Yes! 🙂
Yes….the chickpeas should be drained …..
or yes…it’s part of the dressing?
They should be drained. The leftover liquid “aquafaba” is great to use in other recipes though 🙂
Such a simple salad to make. I will definitely make it again and again. Love the fact that it doesn’t need oil. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
So glad you enjoyed!! 😀