Name: Easy Chickpea Salad Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 (15oz) can chickpeas; 1 cup diced cucumber; 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes; ½ cup marinated artichoke hearts chopped; 4oz mini mozzarella balls or 4oz fresh mozzarella cheese cut into smaller pieces; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar; 2 tsp italian seasoning; ¼ tsp salt (omit if the seasoning blend contains salt)

This Easy Chickpea Salad Recipe is a delicious no cook lunch option or side dish. It comes together in just 15 minutes and is packed with flavor.

Close up above view of a chickpea salad recipe

Make A quick and delicious no cook lunch!

Whether you work from home or in an office, weekday lunches can get boring. Skip the sandwich and try this easy chickpea salad recipe!

No need to cook any of the ingredients. Just chop, toss and serve a delicious and balanced lunch.

Change the ingredients to make this garbanzo bean salad perfect for you! Use a different kind of beans or add in extra veggies. Then serve it on its own, over lettuce or even in a pita.

Three quarter view of plate of chickpea salad

Kitchen tools

Measuring spoons and measuring cups
Sharp knife and cutting board
Mixing bowl
Spatula or mixing spoon

Serving Suggestions

This simple chickpea salad is delicious all on its own, but there are also many ways to serve it. For a fresh and lower carb option you can serve it over chopped lettuce or in lettuce cups.

My favorite way to serve it is in a pita pocket like a little mediterranean sandwich. You could even chop the ingredients extra tiny and serve it with pita chips like a dip!

Ingredients

Chickpeas or garbanzo beans
Cucumber
Cherry tomatoes
Marinated artichoke hearts
Mini mozzarella balls
Olive oil
Red wine vinegar
Italian seasoning and salt

Ingredient substitutions

Feel free to use any beans you like in place of chickpeas for this simple salad recipe. White beans or even red kidney beans would be nice. You could even mix in some cooked and cooled brown lentils for a heartier option.

You can use a premade Italian vinaigrette in place of the olive oil, red wine vinegar and Italian seasoning mixture.

Marinated artichoke hearts add an extra punch of flavor to this garbanzo bean salad recipe, but if you can only find standard artichokes, use an extra dash of the seasoning blend.

Feel free to add in an other extra raw chopped veggies that you like. You can easily add things like red onion, celery and bell pepper.

chickpeas vs Garbanzo beans

Chickpeas and garbanzo beans are actually the exact same thing. So you could call this a chickpea salad or a garbanzo bean salad and both would be correct.

When you look for the ingredients at the store you may find that the canned beans will either say garbanzo or chickpea or maybe even both!

Step by step assembly for a chickpea salad recipe

How to make an Easy Chickpea Salad recipe

Step 1: Prep the veggies

To begin, dice the cucumber and quarter the cherry tomatoes. Then, drain and rinse chickpeas and place in a large mixing bowl.

Step 2: prepare simple vinaigrette

Then, make the simple vinaigrette. Just whisk olive oil, red wine vinegar, italian seasoning and salt together until a smooth mixture remains.

Step 3: Mix it all together

Next, add cucumbers, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and mozzarella cheese to the mixing bowl.

Finally, pour dressing over other ingredients and toss to mix thoroughly.

Above view of two servings of garbanzo bean salad on a serving plate

Storage

Once prepared, transfer any leftovers to an airtight container. Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.

To refresh the salad between each use, toss it with just a splash of vinegar or lemon juice and then serve.

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