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This bright, tasty, hearty, Mediterranean salad is perfect for when you want an easy, satisfying meal fast. It is the perfect make-ahead for a potluck or your next big BBQ gathering. But it also makes a perfectly satisfying family dinner.
The big Mediterranean flavours here come from fresh herbs and zippy citrus and olive oil dressing with a few spices. Healthy, protein-packed, and fibre-rich chickpeas, also called garbanzo beans, are packed with vitamins and minerals, a powerhouse ingredient that is part of the Mediterranean diet. They set off shrimp, poultry, and lamb beautifully. Lemon chicken is another great option to add. Shrimp is my favourite, and it cooks in just a few minutes. I always keep a bag of shrimp in my freezer for those nights that I need to whip up something quickly.
You can totally serve this salad in its vegan version. Just omit the shrimp. Be sure to see tips and cook’s notes for other variations.
It’s good served cold or at room temperature. Make it a couple of hours ahead for full flavour impact. Cover and refrigerate to let the flavours meld. Or, make it a few minutes ahead and leave it at room temperature as you work on other things. Enjoy leftovers straight from the fridge the next day with a squeeze of lime or lemon juice.
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Shrimp and chickpeas Mediterranean salad Fast2eat
Ingredients
Cook chickpeas (or use 2 cans)
- 2 cups chickpea - uncooked, soaked for 12 hours
- Water - boiling – enough to cover
- 2 leaves Bay leaf
Marinate shrimp
- 500 g shrimp - peeled and deveined
- Lemon juice - or lime juice
- Cilantro - Fresh
- Coriander seed
- Thyme - Fresh
- Ladyfinger pepper - chopped and seeded or red-pepper flakes
- Paprika - optional to taste
- Salt - optional to taste
- Black pepper - optional to taste
Salad Dressing
- Lime juice - or lemon - juice from 1 lime/lemon or 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp ginger - finely chopped fresh or 1/2 tsp dried powder
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Basil
- Salt - optional to taste
- Black pepper - optional to taste
- Red pepper flakes - optional to taste
Prepare the salad
- chickpea - Cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed - canned chickpeas are fine
- 1 Onion - or red onion or shallots, finely chopped
- 3 cups Tomato - cherry, halved or Roma, diced
- 2 Green onion - trimmed and chopped (both white and green parts or 2 tablespoons fresh chives finely chopped
- 1 Parsley - fresh, chopped
- 1 Mint - fresh leaves, chopped
Garnish (optional)
- 1 Lemon juice - or lime - cut into 8 wedges, for serving
- Basil
- Kale
Instructions
Cook chickpeas (or use 2 cans)
- Soak dried chickpeas for at least 12 hours before cooking.
- Discard the water and throw it in a pressure cooker and cook for 20 minutes.
- Refrigerate while you prepare the other ingredients.
Marinate shrimp
- Peel and devein the shrimp.
- In a small bowl, toss the shrimp with freshly squeezed lime (or lemon) and your favourite herbs and spices.
- Let it marinate while you prepare the other ingredients.
Fry the garlic and shrimp
- Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high until shimmering. Add the garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add the shrimp to the pan, season with salt and pepper and stir to coat with the garlic and oil. Cook until the shrimp are pink all over with a golden crust in parts, stirring and flipping the shrimp halfway through, about 4 to 6 minutes total.
- Turn off the heat, then squeeze the marinated over the shrimp in the pan, stirring to combine and scraping up anything on the bottom of the pan to coat the shrimp.
- Set aside and let it cool down before adding to the salad.
Salad Dressing
- In a small bowl, combine lime juice and Dijon. Whisk in olive oil until smooth. Season with herbs, salt and pepper. Set aside.
Scald the onion
- Just throw boiled water on chopped onion, drain, rinse with cold water, drain and repeat the process. This will give it a smoother flavour and reduces its bitterness and pungency.
Prepare the salad
- In a large bowl, combine the cooked and cooled chickpeas, fried and cooled shrimp, chopped and scalded onion, diced tomatoes, chopped green onions, parsley and mint.
- Pour the dressing on top of the salad, toss to coat.
- If needed, season with salt and pepper.
- It is good served cold or at room temperature.
Garnish (optional)
- Garnish and serve.
- A little fresh lemon juice is the dish's final seasoning.
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Notes
- 1 head Romaine lettuce, cut crosswise into thin strips
- Spinach, well washed, stemmed, and coarsely chopped
- 1 leaf kale
- Add chopped arugula as a delicious topper to this dish when serving.
- ½-1 cucumber (English, diced)
- ¾ cup crumbled Feta
- ½ cup pitted kalamata olives
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