Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is one of my favorite dishes! Bursting with Mediterranean flavors, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and of course chickpeas, this chickpea salad is perfect to stand alone as a meatless entree, can be served as a side dish, a filling for a wrap, or even used as a party dip served alongside pita chips.
This chickpea salad is delicious served alongside Easy Chicken Gyros or Greek Chicken.
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
This simple and healthy Chickpea Salad recipe takes less than 20 minutes to prepare and is packed with Mediterranean flavors, like tangy capers, fresh tomatoes, oregano, olives and feta—some of my favorite foods ever!
This light and refreshing salad is so easy to make, yet is hearty thanks to the chickpeas. It is also perfect for pot-lucks, parties, and lunches.
Ingredients for Chickpea Salad
- Chickpeas—AKA garbanzo beans
- Kalamative Olives
- English Cucumber
- Tomatoes–grape or cherry tomatoes are best
- Onion–red or vidalia
- Feta
- Salad Dressing
Ingredients for Chickpea Salad Dressing
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Olive Oil–I recommend Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Dried Oregano
- Salt
How to Make Chickpea Salad
Step One: Prepare Ingredients for Salad
- Prepare the chickpeas. Either rinse one 15 ounce can of chickpeas/garbanzo beans or prepare dried chickpeas in the instant pot.
- Chop the onion, slice up the cucumbers, cut the tomatoes and olives in half, and crumble the feta.
Step Two: Mix Salad
- In a large bowl whisk together the vinegar, olive oil, oregano, and salt together.
- To the dressing, add in the chickpeas, cucumbers, olives, onion, tomatoes, and feta.
- Toss until well combined.
- Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes for optimum flavor (but you can certainly eat right away!)
How to serve Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
- As a refreshing side dish.
- Filled in a pita to take as a lunch to go.
- Scooped up with pita chips as a refreshing dip at a party.
- As a filling of an omelet for a unique breakfast.
- Served with Grilled Greek Chicken
More Easy Mediterranean Recipes
- Tabbouleh Salad
- Mediterranean Couscous
- Mediterranean Frittata
- Greek Qunioa Salad
- Mediterranean Chicken Skillet
- Greek Pinwheels
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
This Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is hearty, light and bursting with flavor! Perfect as a side dish, salad, sandwich filling or even a dip!
Print Pin RatePrep Time: 15 minutes
Refrigerate: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 143kcal
Ingredients
Chickpea Salad
- 15 ounces chickpeas rinsed and dried (or 2 cups cooked chickpeas)
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives sliced
- 1 English cucumber diced
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1/2 red onion diced finely
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta
- 2 cloves garlic minced
Salad Dressing
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the olive oil, vinegar, oregano and salt.
- To the dressing, add in the chickpeas, cucumbers, olives, onion, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Toss together until everything is well coated and combined.
- Chill for at least 30 minutes for flavors to combine before serving.
Notes
- Feel to add in roasted peppers, pepperoncinis, green olives, capers, parsely, etc to this salad as desired. .
- For a Vegan Chickpea Salad, just omit the feta cheese. You may need an additional 1/2-1 teaspoon salt to replace the saltiness that the feta provides.
- This chickpea salad will last in the fridge for 3-5 days. It is safe to eat at 5 days, but has the best taste between 1-3 days.
- Chickpea Salad can not be frozen due to the fresh vegetables.
Nutrition Facts
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 143 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 5mg2%
Sodium 352mg15%
Potassium 285mg8%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 310IU6%
Vitamin C 5.7mg7%
Calcium 74mg7%
Iron 1.9mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Kristen Chidsey
Hi, I am Kristen, creator of A Mind "Full" Mom. I believe that making a wholesome family meal does not need to be hard or expensive! I love nothing more than to share with you delicious solutions for your hungry family.
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This salad is so good. I love to eat it by itself as an afternoon snack. Yum!
I love to snack on this salad myself April. Glad you enjoyed.
I love the ingredients in this salad! It look amazing and I’m sure it tastes amazing!
Thanks Nellie! It is absolutely one of my most favorite salads ever.
What a beautiful and fresh salad. I love all the protein the chickpeas bring to the party and the salty bite of the feta!
That salty bite is ESSENTIAL!
I think this is the “it” salad of summer!
<3 Thank you so much Dorothy!
I love using chickpeas in dishes; very wholesome and tasty. Lovely to use them in a delicious salad. Perfect for summer with a nice selection of ingredients.
Thanks Helen 🙂
Your salad reminds me of a tabbouleh I make — minus the bulgur wheat! Delish!
Oh but with that bulgur it would be delicious as well!
I have never had a chickpea salad before but you have convinced me to try this wonderful salad with all these awesome Mediterranean flavours! Olives, feta and onions are one of my fave combos of flavour! 😀 Love this!
If you love olive, fetas, and onions this is a salad for you for sure Joyce!
Ooo, this looks so good! Thanks so much for sharing at the Create & Share Link Party. Hope to see you again tonight (7:00 PM MST)!
You bet!
Hello beautiful! This looks so amazing. I can’t wait to try it. Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for being a part of our party and we hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. We can’t wait to party with you! Happy Valentines’ Day! Lou Lou Girls
Thanks Kimberly! I hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day as well!
I love these Greek flavors Kristin. Your salad looks delicious. Thank you for linking up to the Let’s Get Real Link Party! I hope you have a fabulous week! Nicky from Little Family Adventure
Thanks Nicky!
This kind of recipe is definitely up my alley, Kristen! I love all the flavors here! Pinning and yumming!
Thanks Michelle!
This is such a healthy and delicious looking salad. Love chickpeas!
It is so yummy!
I love Mediterranean flavors, you’ve combined them nicely here!
Thanks David!
Kristen,
I do love the Mediterranean flavors and have almost everything for this dish on hand! I live in Ohio and there are no perfectly ripe tomatoes available here for another . . . 4 months I’d say, but no matter. Life is too short to eat lousy tomatoes and this salad would be just fine without them–and amazing in the summer when my tomatoes are plentiful!
In fact, I think this would be a terrific meal on a hot summer evening.
Thanks!
I agree–tomatoes that aren’t ripe, are not worth it. And I feel your pain–I lived in Ohio until 8 years ago! Where in Ohio do you live? (And you may want to check into yellow cherry tomatoes–they can sometimes be found in the winter–if not, the salad will still be great!)
This is my favorite kind of salad! Love all of these Mediterranean flavors. I just picked up some feta cheese at the farmers’ market … perfect timing!
Oh great. This salad is the perfect use for feta. Enjoy!
I bought one of those feta containers from Costco…..ya, that’s a lot of feta. I’ve been looking for everything and anything with feta in it! I love the idea of a chickpea salad because chickpeas are so good for you (and I may have a massive stock of those as well). Perfect! Thanks for the recipe!
Ha! I use up that big thing from Costco in no time. But I am obsessed with feta. Try adding it to eggs or use in Mexican dishes as well.
I “transport” myself all the time with food–what else is a Midwesterner supposed to do in February? 🙂 This looks great!
Amen girl. I moved south to escape Midwest winters but this year I am still freezing here!
I used to make a salad similar to this and it was delicious. Thanks for the reminder, I’ll have to try this one too!
This is very similar to one of my favorite chickpea salads. I never thought about all the serving suggestions you’ve come up with so I need to try them all out!
I like to put my food to work:-)
This sounds so delicious and healthy 🙂 love it!
Thanks Hannah!
Thanks Hannah
Oh, I do love these Mediterranean flavors! So simple, but so good – and versatile! You could mix this salad up – in rice or pasta, in a pita – the sky is the limit!
Exactly! Great in so many ways!
I love every single ingredient you put into this salad. It looks wonderful!
Using chickpeas in salads is one of my favorite things! This looks wonderful.
Thanks Julia! Chickpeas add so much to a dish!
I love chickpea salads! I love chickpeas in general 🙂 I would love to try this recipe especially since it has two other of my favourites – Kalamata Olives and Feta! 🙂
I am right there with you!!
Mediterranean food is delicious! I love the saltiness of the kalamata olives and feta cheese. This would pair perfectly with lemon chicken and linguine dish. 🙂 Thank you for sharing this one!
Oh yes that would be a great meal for sure!
i love everything with chickpeas!
Me too!
This is my favorite kind of salad, love all the ingredients! And yes, I would love to be transported to Greece or anywhere on the Mediterranean 🙂
AMEN to that!