Best Mexican Style Chick Pea Salad Recipes

Mexican Chickpea Salad image

Provided by Katzen

Categories Beans

Time 20m

Yield 2 cups, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 -2 jalapeno, stemmed, seeded, and chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas (16 oz can, drained)
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 tablespoons red onions, chopped
2 tablespoons cilantro, fresh, chopped
2 -3 tablespoons lime juice, fresh
1/2 tablespoon salt
ground black pepper

Steps:

In a small skilled or saucepan on low heat, sauté the chilies in the olive oil for about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute, stirring constantly, until the chilies are soft and the garlic is just golden. Remove from heat and set aside.
Combine the chickpeas, tomatoes, red onions, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper in a serving bowl. Add chilies and garlic with their sautéing oil and toss well. Serve immediately or chill to allow flavours to develop.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 213.8, Fat 11.3, SaturatedFat 1.5, Sodium 1145.2, Carbohydrate 24.3, Fiber 4.9, Sugar 2.1, Protein 5.2

Mexican-Style Chick-Pea Salad image

Yield Serves 6 as a side dish

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo*
3 fresh jalapeño chiles
1 medium onion
2 garlic cloves
3 medium vine-ripened tomatoes
4 cups drained canned chick-peas (two 19-ounce cans)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup fresh lime juice plus additional to taste
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
ground black pepper
*available at some specialty foods shops.

Steps:

Rinse chipotles. Wearing rubber gloves, separately seed and mince chipotles and jalape‱os. Mince onion and garlic. Peel, seed, and chop tomatoes. Rinse and drain chick-peas and in a large bowl stir together all ingredients except additional lime juice. Chill salad, covered, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day. Season salad with salt and add additional lime juice. Serve salad at cool room temperature.