Fresh, bright, and straightforward to put together, Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is a Mediterranean salad made with chickpeas, red onion, and red bell pepper in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Salad
  • Cuisine: Mediterranean

Ingredients

  • 15 oz can chickpeas (rinsed & drained, or use 1.5 cups boiled chickpeas)
  • 1/2 large red onion (chopped)
  • 1 medium red bell pepper (diced)
  • 1 medium green bell pepper (diced)
  • 1/2 medium cucumber (diced)
  • 1/3 cup black olive (sliced)
  • 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Dressing

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil (extra virgin)
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2- 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano (or to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground sumac
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
  • salt (to taste)

Method

  1. To a large bowl add chickpeas, chopped red onion, diced peppers, diced cucumber and olives. Set it aside.
  2. To a small bowl or measuring jar, add olive oil, lemon juice, dried oregano, smoked paprika, ground sumac, black pepper and salt. Whisk to combine.
  3. Pour dressing over the bowl of salad and toss to combine. At this point, you may cover and refrigerate the salad for 30 minutes for the flavors to combine.
  4. Add crumbled feta cheese and chopped parsley and serve immediately!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.