Here’s a delicious, roasted garbanzo beans salad with refreshing and tangy veggies that make it unforgettable. This is a high protein salad that will actually fill you up.
Salad Ingredients:
I added fresh curly parsley, mint, tomatoes, red onions and a surprise ingredient of goji berries, with a refreshing homemade sumac honey-lemon salad dressing.
Garbanzo Beans
Garbanzo beans are filling and low in saturated fat and cholesterol, but contain high amounts of folate and manganese. Garbanzo beans have long been valued for their fiber and protein content. I would recommend buying Garbanzo beans with no salt, added and if you are buying canned Garbanzo beans, be sure to look for a BPA-FREE 0r Non BPA lining can.
How I Roast Garbanzo Beans:
Roasted garbanzo beans are my favorite healthy snack and bring a nice texture and taste for a salad.
I roasted the Garbanzo beans in light olive oil, salt and sumac powder. Sumac powder has tangy lemon flavor, yet it is more balanced and less tart than lemon juice.
What is Sumac:
Sumac is a very popular condiment in Turkey and Iran and is an essential ingredient in Middle Eastern cooking. Purchase sumac from Amazon.com or at many international markets. I bought my Sadaf Sumac Powder (pure sumac without any other ingredients) at local market for less than $5 per 12.5 oz.
Make ahead Salad:
You can also make this salad for the next day and keep it the fridge for up to 24 hours. Pour the salad dressing when you are ready to eat.
Ingredients
Roasted Garbanzo Beans:
- 15 oz garbanzo beans
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp sumac powder
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp minced garlic
Produce:
- 1 ½ cups fresh parsley chopped finely
- ½ cup fresh tomatoes halved or quartered
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves chopped
- ⅓ cup fresh red onion thinly sliced
- fresh avocados chopped
Sumac Lemon Dressing:
- 1½ tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp ground sumac
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp freshly chopped thyme
Other Ingredients:
- 2 cups cooked whole grains ( such as mixed couscous, quinoa or lentils)
- optional: 2 tbsp dried goji berries
Instructions
Roast the Garbanzo Beans:
- Preheat the oven to 425°F
- In a bowl, toss garbanzo beans/chickpeas with olive oil and season to taste with salt, sumac, garlic, and black pepper
- Spread on a baking sheet. Roast the garbanzo beans for 15 minutes or longer for crunchier result. Watch carefully to avoid burning.
Lemon Dressing:
- In a small bowl, whisk the lemon juice with the lemon zest, honey, and thyme. Whisk in the olive oil, season with salt, and pepper if needed.
To Build the Salad:
- Arrange all the ingredients above in a large salad bowl.
- Drizzle with sumac honey lemon dressing (start with 4 tablespoons and add more according to your liking), and mix well.
- Serve immediately.
- You can also make this salad for the next day and keep it the fridge for up to 24 hours.
- Pour the salad dressing when you are ready to eat.
Rebecca Swenor
This recipes for the roasted garbanzo beans with sumac and the honey lemon salad dressing sound interesting. I will have to try making this salad and the dressing for my family. This is a salad I have never tried to make before but I think my family would enjoy it. Thanks for sharing the recipes.
Rika
Let me know if you like it….
MryJhnsn (@mryjhnsn)
That salad looks ah-maz-ing! I just ate but I want to run out and get the ingredients to make this right now.
uprunforlife
I haven’t tried Garbanzo beans. I am not sure if I would like them or not. Your salad looks tasty though.
Chubskulit Rose
Your fppd is always appetizing to look and very deli-cious. I would love me a bowl of this salad!
Lynndee
The last time I had garbanzo beans was back in my hometown – my mom used to prepare dishes with garbanzo a lot. Got to try your recipe! Looks yum!
Ann Bacciaglia
I have never tried Garbanzo beans before. This salad looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients I need to make some this week.
lauren
We love Garbanzo beans and this looks amazing!!
Kendall
Oh my goodness – this looks amazing! And the photos are just lovely, great job!
Wildish Jess
This is seriously one of the most beautiful salads I have ever seen in my life!
Rika
Thanks so much 🙂
Thepiratebay Alternatives
It’s hard to come by well-informed people for this topic, however, you sound like you know what you’re talking
about! Thanks