MEXICAN-STYLE CHICK-PEA SALAD

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Categories     Salad     Bean     Garlic     Onion     Pepper     Tomato     No-Cook     Vegetarian     Lime     Summer     Jalapeño     Gourmet

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.

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