For the past few weeks sorrel has entirely taken over our vegetable patch. The warm days and nightly showers have encouraged vigorous growth, so no matter how much I harvest it seems to return overnight. As a sorrel enthusiast, I couldn’t be happier — I find myself adding it to nearly every meal of the day.
These days I’m using sorrel in a lot of recipes, and today I decided to add it to a chickpea salad. We grow the red-veined variety because the colours are stunning, but the green variety works just as well.
Chickpeas make a wonderful base for salads: they bring a nutty flavour and pair well with many dressings. Here’s my take on a fresh, zingy chickpea salad featuring this season’s favourite leafy green.
Zingy Chickpea and Sorrel Salad
The Greedy Vegan
A bright, refreshing spring salad combining tangy sorrel with hearty chickpeas. Ingredients are shown in metric (imperial).
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Prep Time 10
Total Time 10
Course Salad
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 2
Calories 365 kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g 1 ¼ cups cooked chickpeas
- 250 g 9 oz sorrel
- 2 tablespoon parsley chopped
- juice of one lemon about 3 tbsp
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
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If you use canned chickpeas, drain and rinse them well. If you cook them from dry, follow your usual method for preparing chickpeas.
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Combine all ingredients except the sorrel and parsley in a bowl. Mix thoroughly and, if time allows, let the salad marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to let the flavours meld. When ready to serve, fold in the sorrel and chopped parsley and serve immediately.
Notes
If you don’t have sorrel, arugula (rocket) or spinach can be used instead. Spinach lacks sorrel’s tartness, so add the juice of half a lime to the dressing to better mimic sorrel’s bright sour note.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Zingy Chickpea and Sorrel Salad
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
365
% Daily Value*
Fat
22
g
34
%
Saturated Fat
3
g
19
%
Sodium
959
mg
42
%
Carbohydrates
36.5
g
12
%
Fiber
12
g
50
%
Sugar
0.5
g
1
%
Protein
8.5
g
17
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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