Chickpea & feta salad with toasted pita

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 451.9
  • Total Fat: 21.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 21.8 mg
  • Sodium: 865.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 56.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 10.4 g
  • Protein: 14.3 g

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Introduction

Great hot or cold. Play around with the spices - I like it fairly mild, but the lemon juice tempers the hot peppers so you can go fairly hot with this one! Great hot or cold. Play around with the spices - I like it fairly mild, but the lemon juice tempers the hot peppers so you can go fairly hot with this one!
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    2 lge. pitas halved
    1/2 tsp paprika
    dash garlic powder
    4 Tbsp olive oil
    1 red onion, thinly sliced
    2 garlic cloves minced
    dash cayenne pepper
    dash crushed red pepper
    580 g chickpeas, rinsed and drained
    1 lemon
    1 Tbsp. parsley
    100 g. feta cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 400. Split open pitas and brush with olive oil mixed with paprika and garlic powder. Brush remaining olive oil mixture on the baking pan, then pop the pitas in the oven for about 5 mins.
Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil over med high heat. Add red onion and carmelize. Add cloves and chili and stir about 1 minute. Add chickpeas. Add more olive oil if necessary. Grate lemon rind over the mixture, then squeeze lemon juice in. Add parsley and stir about 1 minute. Add 1/2 of the feta cheese, crumbled with your hands, stir until it starts to melt. Remove from heat, add the rest of the feta. Now the pitas should be ready. Serve together.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SIMPLY---BE.