Greek Marinated Chickpea Salad

Here’s a trick to make a seriously delicious Chickpea Salad using a can of chickpeas: MARINATE them in the dressing! They absorb flavour, and turn bland into extreme tastiness in just 20 minutes.

This chickpea salad tastes as bright as it looks, and works as a main course with crusty bread, or as a side for roasts, fish, prawns or simple pan seared garlic chicken thighs.

Chickpea Salad

I know it’s tempting to just grab a can of chickpeas, add green fluffage, toss with dressing and call it a day. And that has happened many a times around here, being a handy and somewhat virtuous quick meal option.

But I never deemed any of those “good enough” to share here. I just feel like you need to do something to chickpeas to make them tastier – because dressing simply doesn’t stick to chickpeas.

In this Middle Eastern chickpea salad, they’re spiced and pan fried.

And in today’s, we’re marinating the chickpeas. Toss in dressing > warm in microwave > 20 minute marinade > chickpeas absorb flavour = tastier chickpeas. YES!

Warming the chickpeas briefly in the microwave makes them absorb the flavour of the dressing so much more effectively!