Fattoush with Pan-Fried Chickpeas
creamy tahini dressing
Fattoush is a Lebanese salad with crispy pita chips tossed in at the last minute for crunch. Our take includes spiced chickpeas and creamy tahini dressing for great flavor and texture!
Ingredients
- Pita chips (sub one pita bread round per cup) - 2 cups
- Cheese, feta - 3 oz, crumbled
- Cucumbers - 2, chopped
- Tomatoes - 2, chopped
- Mint, fresh - 2 Tbsp, chopped
- Garbanzo beans - 2 cups
- Cooking oil - 1 Tbsp
- Za'atar (sub equal parts chili powder and paprika) - 2 tsp
- Salad greens - 5 oz
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Lemons - 1, juice
- Tahini (sub plain yogurt) - 1/4 cup
- Oil, olive - 3 Tbsp
- Honey - 2 tsp
- Water - 1/4 cup
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Prep
- Prep pita chips - If using pita chips, roughly chop or crumble by hand (skip ahead to prep step #2). If using pita bread, preheat oven to to 400F / 204C degrees. Slice pita bread into 1" / 2.5 cm pieces and spread on a baking sheet. Bake, turning with a spatula halfway through, until crisp ~8 to 10 minutes. Store at room temperature. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Make tahini dressing - Mince garlic. Whisk together lemon juice, garlic, tahini, olive oil and honey. Add water a bit at a time until smooth and pourable. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Feta - Prep as directed. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
- Cucumbers / Tomatoes / Mint - Prep as directed. (Can be done up to 1 day ahead)
- Beans - Drain and rinse.
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Make
- Heat a skillet or saute pan over medium heat. Add oil. When oil begins to shimmer add beans and za’atar. Cook until beans are hot and begin to pop, ~5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- To assemble salads, top greens with beans, feta, cucumbers, tomatoes and mint. Add pita last, just before serving so it stays crunchy. Toss with tahini dressing and enjoy!
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32 reviews
This was good -- 4-yr-old ate it up, not too spicy (but she didn't like the salad greens). Tahini seems to irritate my tongue, so will try yogurt next time.
0 HelpfulReally easy and tasty! We didn't have mint, so I replaced with dill like one of the reviews suggested and it turned out great.
0 Helpfulgreat recipe! Super easy, especially if you make the dressing ahead of time, and healthy too.
0 HelpfulThis salad is delicious! And pretty easy. I was worried as I was making it but then once I put it all together - YUM!! My husband liked it too. My 6 year old - not so much - but that's typical. :-)
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