Chickpea Avocado Onion Salad




This vegan recipe for Chickpea Avocado Onion Salad has chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, drained solids, avocado and onion as the primary ingredients.

The sesame oil imparts extra nuttiness on this chickpea salad. Healthy and delicious, chickpeas are a great source of protein and dietary fiber. The optional jalapeno adds kick with an extra side of Vitamin C.[2]


This recipe allows customizations! Go heavier on the onion or optionally add jalapeno or olive oil. Customize the nutrition for this recipe () below.

Quick nutrition per serving: 425 Calories, 10.8 grams of protein, 27.7 grams of fat

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Chickpea Avocado Onion Salad
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Ingredients

1 can Chickpeas
3-4 tbsps Onion
(optional) 1 pepper Jalapeno
3 tbsps Cilantro
1 fruit Avocado
(optional) 1 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp Sesame Oil
2 tbsps Lemon Juice
1 pinch Salt
1 tsp Black Pepper

Directions

  1. Finely chop the onion and cilantro. Cut the avocado into small squares. Thinly dice the jalapenos (optional).
  2. In a bowl, combine the chickpeas, onion, avocado, cilantro, lemon juice, both oils, salt and pepper. Mix well.
  3. Let the salad stand for 5min (room temperature) for the flavors to meld.

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2021) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.