Greek Chickpea Salad recipe

Greek Chickpea Salad with tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, and Greek Salad Dressing served in a bowl

5 from 46 votes

This Greek Chickpea Salad is packed with Mediterranean flavors, so delicious and easy to make. It's full of fresh veggies, creamy feta cheese, olives, and protein-packed chickpeas! Summery and refreshing, nutritious, and so tasty, it's a perfect healthy salad you can serve for lunch or bring to parties.

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Lunch, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: Greek

Keyword: greek chickpea salad, greek salad, greek style chickpea salad

Servings: people

Calories: 202kcal

Author: Natalie

Equipment

Garlic press

Ingredients

For the salad:

1 can chickpeas (15 ounce can)
1 medium cucumber
1 small bell pepper
15 cherry tomatoes about 1 cup halved
½ medium red onion
⅓ cup black kalamata olives pitted
¼ cup Feta cheese crumbled

For the dressing:

4 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 garlic clove minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

For salad dressing: Place all the dressing ingredients in a jar with the lid and shake until well combined. Set aside and let the flavors infuse.
Slice all the veggies and put them in a large salad bowl. Halve the cucumber lengthways and slice. Halve cherry tomatoes. Deseed and slice pepper. Slice the onion thinly.
Drain and rinse chickpeas. Put the chickpeas in the bowl with veggies.
Slice olives in half and add them to the bowl.
Mix together all of the salad ingredients.
Toss with half of the greek salad dressing.
Top with crumbled feta cheese and drizzle over the remaining dressing.
Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Chill the salad for at least one hour before serving for best results.
Keep salad covered in the refrigerator. It will last up to 3 days.

Substitutions
You can substitute olive oil with avocado oil, or flaxseed oil.
Substitute red wine vinegar with fresh lemon juice.
If fresh raw garlic is too strong, you can substitute it with garlic powder.
You can substitute chickpeas with any beans or even cooked quinoa.
You can substitute Kalamata black olives with regular black olives.

MAKE IT VEGAN: Substitute feta cheese with vegan plant-based version made from tofu.

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