This Chickpea Corn Salad is loaded with delicious fresh ingredients. The flavors from roasted pecans, cilantro, and feta leaves everyone wanting more.
Chickpea Salad
I cooked up a batch of dry chickpeas last week again to make some more roasted chickpeas for our camping trip. I had a few cups left over so I decided to make up another salad with some other fresh ingredients that I had in the refrigerator and pantry.
It’s fun, and actually easy, to use simple ingredients to create something so incredibly flavorful and a little unexpected. My husband was in shock how great this Chickpea Corn Salad turned out.
I love cilantro. I love feta. I love roasted pecans. Mixed with the chickpeas, corn and a little cucumber for more crunch and wow….so fabulous ! Now I have something amazing to eat for lunch this week 🙂
I have a little tip for roasting pecans quick. I put them on a paper towel and microwave them for 1 minute. Then toss them and microwave for another minute. Then let them cool before chopping them.
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Ingredients for Chickpea Corn Salad
The complete list of ingredients with amounts are listed in the full recipe card below.
Chickpeas – drained and rinsed canned c or cooked dried chickpeas
Corn – you can use canned, frozen or fresh corn off the cob
Cucumber – Remove the seeds and dice.
Olive oil – I use extra virgin olive oil. But you can use avocado oil if you’d like.
Garlic – minced. Fresh is best but if all you have is jarred minced.
Pecans – I love the flavor of pecans in this. But you can swap it for another nut like roasted almond slivers, pistachios, walnut or even pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds.
Lemon juice – again fresh is best but bottled is fine too.
Fresh cilantro, chopped – If you aren’t a fan of cilantro you can swap it for fresh basil or parsley for a milder flavor.
Feta cheese – You can also use goat cheese or blue cheese crumbles.
Salt and pepper to taste
How to Make This Chickpea Salad
In a large bowl, mix corn, chickpeas, cucumber, and pecans.
Mix in olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and cilantro
Toss in feta cheese.
Place in the refrigerator and chill until ready to serve.
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Chickpea Corn Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups drained and rinsed canned chickpeas or cooked dried chickpeas
- 2 cups of corn
- 1 cup cucumber seeded and diced
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ c. toasted pecans chopped
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro chopped
- ¼ cup feta cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix corn, chickpeas, cucumber, and pecans.
- Mix in olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and cilantro
- Toss in feta cheese.
- Chill until ready to serve.
Nutrition
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Christine @ Must Love Home
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Sherri
Thank you so much Christine!
Stephanie
Looks like the perfect Summer side! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! This post has been pinned on the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! I love having you and can’t wait to see you next week!
Lou Lou Girls
I’m loving this! Pinned and tweeted! I always love your creations, thanks for sharing this with us at our party! I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm, we love seeing what you have been working on! Lou Lou Girls
Steph
I love each of these ingredients on their own, but have never thought to put them together. Will definitely be adding this to our meal list next week! Thanks for sharing yoru recipe!
Cathy
I love summer side salads and this looks great, refreshing, and delicious! 🙂
Cathy
Brian Jones
This look fresh and vibrant and colourful too, quite and easy to pull together will likely make a batch and have some lovely light lunch’s this week, would also be great for a side salad at BBQ’s!