Chickpea Salad (Mediterranean Chickpea Salad - Balela Salad)

10-Minute Chickpea Salad: Balela salad is a Mediterranean chickpea salad. There are many variations of balela salad, but this chickpea salad recipe is closer to what you'd find in the restaurants and food joints of Alexandria, Egypt. #chickpeasalad #chickpeas #mediterraneansalad #salad #saladrecipe

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INGREDIENTS:
🔹 Extra virgin olive oil (I used Early Harvest Greek EVOO)
🔹 3 ½ cups cooked chickpeas (or 2 15-ounce cans chickpeas)
🔹 ½ green bell pepper, cored and chopped
🔹 1 jalapeno, finely chopped (optional)
🔹 2 ½ cups grape tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)
🔹 3-5 green onions, both white and green parts, chopped
🔹 ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes
🔹 ⅓ cup pitted Kalamata olives
🔹 ¼ cup pitted green olives
🔹 ½ cup freshly chopped parsley leaves
🔹 ½ cup freshly chopped mint or basil leaves
For Dressing
🔹 ¼ cup Early Harvest Greek extra virgin olive oil
🔹 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
🔹 2 tbsp lemon juice
🔹 1 garlic clove, minced
🔹 Salt and black pepper, a generous pinch to your taste
🔹 1 tsp ground sumac
🔹 ½ tsp Aleppo pepper
🔹 ¼ to ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00​​ Intro
0:23​ What does balela mean?
0:41 Chopping the vegetables
2:33 Fresh herbs: a key ingredient
3:2​9 Adding more Mediterranean favorites
4:12 Can you prep this salad ahead of time?
4:37​ Making the dressing
5:57​ What type of olive oil to use
6:26​ Adding the dressing to the salad
6:50 Taste test