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Easy Chickpea Salad Recipe

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By: MadelinePosted: 02/15/2023Updated: 02/15/2023

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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!

Above view of ingredients for a garbanzo bean salad

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.

Check out these other Easy Lunch recipes

  • Lemon Dill Tuna Salad
  • Curry Chicken Salad
  • Veggie Couscous Salad
  • Mediterranean Shrimp Salad

You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!

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Chickpea salad recipe in a mixing bowl
Recipe

Easy Chickpea Salad Recipe

Just toss a bunch of fresh ingredients together to make this easy and delicious chickpea salad recipe

Recipe By: Madeline
Prep: 10 minutesCook: 5 minutesTotal: 15 minutes
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Servings: 3 servings 1x

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)

Instructions

  1. Drain and rinse chickpeas and place in a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add cucumbers, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and mozzarella cheese to the mixing bowl.
  3. Whisk olive oil, red wine vinegar, italian seasoning and salt together.
  4. Pour dressing over other ingredients and toss to mix thoroughly.

Notes

  • Serve on its own, in lettuce cups or in pita pockets
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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  1. Melody says

    Posted on 2/15 at 7:26 pm

    Can’t wait to try this – thanks for sharing! I love the idea of adding lentils to make it a little heartier.

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 2/15 at 7:47 pm

      Yes! It is really easy and tasty! Thanks, Melody!

      Reply
  2. Laurie Baker says

    Posted on 2/22 at 4:38 am

    This Easy Chickpea Salad Recipe looks delicious, thanks for the recipe, it doesn’t look complicated to make.

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 2/22 at 6:54 am

      Super simple! Hope you enjoy!

      Reply

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