Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
40 mins
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Servings
2
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Course
Main Course, Salad
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Cuisine
Mediterranean, Vegan
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Description
The recipe starts by cutting sweet potatoes into small cubes and coating them with olive oil before roasting until tender. While the potatoes roast, a dressing is prepared by mixing additional olive oil with fresh lemon juice for acidity. Pine nuts are toasted gently in a pan to release their nutty flavor. The chickpeas, roasted sweet potatoes, toasted pine nuts, and chopped parsley are combined in a bowl and dressed with the lemon-olive oil mixture. Salt and freshly ground black pepper are added to taste.
Texturally, the salad offers soft, caramelized sweet potatoes paired with the creamy chickpeas and crunchy pine nuts. Flavor-wise, the bright lemon juice and olive oil dressing highlights the freshness of the parsley and balances the sweetness of the potatoes. The salad is suitable as a light side dish or a vegetarian main.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup sweet potato chopped in ¼ inch cubes (about 2 sweet potatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 15 ounce chickpeas canned
- 2 tablespoons parsley fresh chopped
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
- salt coarse
- black pepper freshly ground
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 400˚ F (200 C).
- Peel the sweet potatoes and cut in small cubes (1/4 inch)
- Place them in bowl in mix them with 2 teaspoons olive oil.
- Roast them for 20 minutes.
- In the meantime make the dressing by mixing the rest of the olive oil (4 teaspoons) with the lemon juice.
- Once sweet potatoes are ready, remove from oven and set aside.
- Toast the pine nuts: place the nuts in a small pan over low heat, shake the pan a few times. Heat for about 1 or 2 minutes.
- In a serving bowl mix gently the chickpeas with sweet potatoes, pine nuts, parsley and the dressing. Sprinkle with salt and pepper before serving.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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