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Herby Cauliflower Salad with Chickpeas

This raw cauliflower salad recipe tastes amazingly delicious and continues in the refrigerator for days. The pickled onions are an optional component, but they really do require the salad into another level. Here is our recipe for pickled onions, which means it is possible to see how easy they are to create.
Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Calories 140kcal
Author Jessica

Ingredients

  • 1 medium head-cauliflower (about 1 3/4 to 2 pounds)
  • ½ tsp fresh-ground black-pepper
  • ½ cup fine fresh-herbs like parlsey, dill, or mint, chopped
  • 1 tsp finely grated lemon -est (from 1 lemon)
  • ½ cup pickled red-onions, chopped (Optional)
  • ½ tsp fine sea-salt, plus more to taste
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive-oil
  • ¼ tsp crushed red-pepper flakes, optional for some heat
  • ¼ cup fresh squeezed lemon-juice, plus more to taste
  • 1 (15 oz) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed (or use 1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas)

Instructions

  • Cut leaves away and the core by the cauliflower. Then pull or cut on the cauliflower apart into small florets & add to a large-bowl. Chop longer stalks into small-pieces, then add to the bowl with florets.
  • Season with 1/2 tsp of sea-salt and 1/2 tsp ground black-pepper, then toss the cauliflower round the bowl until all of the florets have had a opportunity to become seasoned.
  • To make the dressing, whisk the lemon-zest, lemon-juice, olive-oil, red-pepper flakes, plus a pinch of salt until creamy and emulsified.
  • Add the chickpeas, herbs, pickled-onions along with the dressing into the cauliflower. Toss until everything is evenly coated. Taste, then season with additional salt, pepper or lemon-juice.
  • The cauliflower salad will not taste best when given any time to marinate. When it's possible, allow the salad marinate, stirring from time to time, for a minimum of 30 mins prior to serving. The salad will keep, covered in the fridge up to a week.

Notes

  • From the dressing table, we utilize the zest and juice of a large lemon. A microplane makes fast work of zesting citrus, however you might also use a vegetable peeler to peel off the lean zest (not the white pith) in the lemon, then finely mince it before adding to the salad dressing table.
  • Pickled onions require the salad into another level in taste. Should you leave them out, you may locate that the salad requires a bit extra lemon. Other pickled vegetables such as green beans or pepperoncini peppers, could be another, but tasty addition.
  • To get a very low carb or keto cauliflower salad, then make out the chickpeas and substitute for diced turkey or ham.
  • Roasted cauliflower salad choice: Mixing the cauliflower tossed with a little olive oil, pepper and salt until tender and light brown on the edges. Then toss with the remaining salad ingredients.