Chickpea Crunch Salad with Peanut Dressing
This chickpea crunch salad is super satisfying and a texture lovers' dream. Cabbage, red peppers, carrots, green onions, chickpeas and cilantro are tossed in a peanut lime dressing. It's delicious and so crunchy!
Ingredients
- 1 small head of cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
- 6 green onions, thinly sliced
- ⅔ cup chopped cilantro
- kosher salt and pepper
- ⅔ cup chopped peanuts
- 1 to 2 cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
peanut dressing
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- ⅓ cup toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon sambal oelek
- 1 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- ¼ cup hot water
- kosher salt and pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the cabbage, carrots, red peppers, green onions, cilantro, chickpeas and peanuts. Add a big pinch of salt and pepper and toss well. This is where your flavor is going to come from for these veggies!
- Drizzle a few tablespoons of dressing on and toss. Add more dressing as desired - as much as you want for the salad.
- Serve and enjoy!
- peanut dressing
- Combine all ingredients in a blender with a big pinch of salt and pepper and blend until smooth. If the mixture is still too thick, add a bit more hot water until desired consistency is reached. Store leftovers in the fridge.
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