Chickpea Greek-ish Salad with Feta & Sumac

A bowl of salad with chickpeas, feta cheese, cucumber, green olives, diced tomatoes, red onion, and watermelon radish, with a fork on the side.

This recipe started as a take on a Greek salad — a real Greek salad without lettuce. But I just kept adding and swapping ingredients until it became…not a Greek salad anymore.

But this is full of dense, hearty vegetables and it holds up very well in the fridge as a meal prep option. It’s so colorful and full of flavor with olive oil, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, sumac, and more.

Chickpea Greek-ish Salad with Feta & Sumac

Serves 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Feta diced
  • 1 cup Cucumber diced
  • 1 Beefsteak tomato diced
  • 2 whole Pepperoncini sliced
  • ½ Red onion thinly sliced
  • 1 cup Watermelon radish diced
  • ½ cup Castelvetrano olives
  • 1 15oz can Chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • Olive oil
  • Red wine vinegar
  • Dried oregano
  • Ground sumac
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, add 1 cup diced feta, 1 cup diced cucumber, 1 diced tomato, 2 sliced pepperoncini, red onion slices, 1 diced watermelon radish, 1/2 cup castelvetrano olives, and drained and rinsed chickpeas.
  • Add a large drizzle of olive oil (roughly 1/3 cup) and about 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar. Add a pinch of dried oregano and some cracked black pepper. Mix contents of the bowl thoroughly.
  • Taste and add more olive oil, vinegar, or oregano as needed. Garnish with a pinch of flaky salt and a pinch of ground sumac.

Tips & Variations:

  • As I said, this is a loosely measured recipe. Please taste along the way and adjust accordingly!

Substitutions:
Red Onion: Sub with shallot or pickled red onion or sweet white onion.
Castelvetrano Olives: Substitute with any olive you like, or omit. If you omit, I recommend adding some other briny element, such as capers.
Feta cheese: Substitute with goat cheese or a vegan feta cheese for a non-dairy option.
Watermelon radish: Any radish variety works here!
Pepperoncini: Substitute with banana peppers or pickles.

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