Looking for something bold, refreshing, and full of flavor? This sweet and savory Asian Chickpea Salad is bringing all the must haves together: texture, flavor, heartiness and perfect for a quick and tasty lunch. Full of healthy, feel-good ingredients and packed with tons of Asian flavor, this wholesome salad is filled with protein-packed chickpeas, nourishing rainbow slaw, sweet apples, and zesty red onions, all bathed in an awesome Asian inspired creamy dressing. This week’s Whip It Up Wednesday recipe is ideal for work lunchboxes, quick dinners, or just plain fun.

Whole Food Plant Based, vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, no highly processed ingredients, and gluten free.

Hi there, Ameera here!

This week’s Whip It Up Wednesday recipe features our tasty Asian Chickpea Salad. We absolutely loved it, and couldn’t stop eating it!

We put this deliciousness in sandwiches, wraps, and in lettuce cups. Everyone loved it. It is sweet, savory, fresh, and satisfying. The flavor component and texture were over the top in the yumminess department!

This chickpea salad has all those tasty umami Asian flavors that will absolutely delight your taste buds. We were thrilled with how it turned out.

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Chickpea Salad Madness

We are hooked on chickpea salads! They are super easy to make, and they taste AH-MAZING!  Mom and I could eat them every day. We have made quite a few varieties, and we have a bunch more lined up!

Don’t Miss These Tasty Variations:  

• Harvest Chickpea Salad
• Curried Chickpea Salad
• Avocado Chickpea Salad
• Greek Chickpea Salad
• Buffalo Bean Wrap
• Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Bean Salad
• Waldorf Salad

We seriously can’t wait for you to try this! We hope you are enjoying our Whip It Up Wednesday quick and easy ideas!

If you try this flavorful salad, we would love to know if you enjoy it as much as we do! Please leave us a review! Post a picture on Facebook or Instagram and tag us!  We would love to hear from you.

Products Used:

• Potato masher or fork to mash the beans

Asian Chickpea Salad

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• Author: Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures
• Prep Time: 10 Minutes
• Total Time: 10 minutes
• Yield: 3-4 Servings 1x
• Category: Salad, Lunch
• Cuisine: Asian

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This Asian Chickpea Salad is bringing all the must haves: texture, flavor, heartiness and perfect for a quick and tasty lunch; a fantastic 10-minute meal. Whole Food Plant Based, vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, no highly processed ingredients, and gluten free.

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Ingredients

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• ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons red onion, fine dice
• 1 cup Rainbow Blend Veggie Mix *
• 1 – [ 15.5 oz. can ] chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• ¾ medium gala apple, small dice *

Asian Sauce Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons almond butter
• 1 Tablespoon tahini
• 2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
• 1 Tablespoon tamari *
• 2 ½ teaspoons minced ginger
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

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Instructions

1. Make the Asian Sauce by placing all the sauce ingredients into a small bowl and whisking to combine, set aside.
2. Rinse and drain the chickpeas, shake off any excess water. Place the chickpeas into a large bowl, roughly mash, then add all the remaining Salad Ingredients, mix to evenly distribute the ingredients.
3. Pour the Asian Sauce over the mixture, gently toss. Taste test for flavor.  Add more seasoning, if needed.  Let stand for 5 minutes to allow the spices and herbs to activate.  Served immediately at room temperature.  Refrigerate any leftovers.

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Notes

*Rainbow Blend Veggie Slaw Mix:  This is a slaw mix consisting of the following shredded vegetables:  broccoli, carrots, red cabbage, kohlrabi, and cauliflower.  You can typically find this veggie slaw mix in the refrigerated veggie section in most national grocery stores with the other slaw mixes. If you can’t find this specific one, you can pretty much use any slaw mix you wish with cabbage and carrots, etc. They all work great.

*Apple:  We used three-fourths of an unpeeled gala apple.  You can use any sweet apple you wish.

*Tamari: We used San J Tamari Soy Sauce, Gluten Free, Reduced Sodium.  You can substitute the tamari with reduced sodium soy sauce, Braggs Liquid Aminos, or Braggs Coconut Liquid Aminos.

*Serving: 3 to 4

*Storage:  Refrigerate, use within 5 days.

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