Summer Chickpea Salad with Apricots
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Recipe type: bean salad
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • For the dressing:
  • 2 Tbs. red wine vinegar
  • 2 Tbs. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp. minced garlic
  • 1½ tsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp. dried marjoram
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • 2 tsp. paprika
  • ¾ tsp. salt
  • several generous grinds of black pepper
  • For the salad:
  • 5 cups freshly cooked garbanzo beans (see my Basic Chickpeas recipe) or 2 15 oz. cans garbanzo beans
  • ⅓ cup chopped green onion (scallion), about 3 stalks (or red or sweet white onion)
  • ⅓ cup chopped Italian parsley
  • ½ cup chopped fresh or ⅓ cup finely chopped dried apricots
  • 2 Tbsp. chopped pitted Kalamata olives
Instructions
  1. Combine dressing ingredients with garbanzo beans in a large bowl.
  2. Add remaining ingredients.
  3. Serve, or if you have time (ideal but not required), marinate for several hours and then serve.
Recipe by Fit and Fed at http://fitandfed.net/2012/08/04/turkish-summer-garbanzo-chickpea-salad-apricots/