This crunchy healthy broccoli chickpea salad is packed with beans, fruit and veggies for an uber healthy salad that’s quick, easy, and lovingly lathered in sesame lime dressing. This no-cook salad is perfect for any meal, whether you make at home or bring to a cookout!
Spring is around the corner so I’m channeling all the good weather vibes with this fresh and crisp recipes like this crunchy healthy broccoli chickpea salad. Do you think if we wish hard enough, we can convince mother nature to ease up on the cold weather a little bit?!
Whether you’re looking for a fun new recipe try, a new meal prep option, or you simply want to spend less time in the kitchen, then you definitely need to try this recipe! There is zero actual cooking involved – only preparation and assembly! Let’s dig in.
The Ingredients
The main ingredients of this salad are broccoli slaw and chickpeas. Most grocery stores sell a pre-bagged bag of broccoli slaw (shaved raw broccoli and carrot). You could totally make it yourself but if you’re looking for quick and easy, I highly recommend just buying it. In addition to pre-shaved broccoli slaw, I’m using canned chickpeas. I did say I love quick and easy meals right?! Ha! If you’re interested in using cooked chickpeas from scratch, then by all means, you’re welcome to do so! I personally find canned beans so easy and fast and there are few recipes that truly require dried beans.
In addition to the broccoli and chickpeas, we’re got crunchy fresh bell pepper, snap peas, red onions and almonds. For the fresh, aromatic additions, we’re using cilantro and mandarins. If you’re allergic to tree nuts, you can remove the almonds altogether or you could considering substituting with sunflower or pumpkin seeds to keep that crunch.
The dressing in this crunchy healthy broccoli chickpea salad is just as simple with sesame oil, lime juice, maple syrup, salt and pepper, and a pinch of ground ginger.
Other Bean Salad Recipes
If bean salads are your jam, check out some of these other fun and fresh bean salad recipes:
- Chickpea Summer Salad
- Mediterranean Cold Lentil Salad
- White Bean and Farro Salad with Lemon Tahini Dressing
Crunchy Healthy Broccoli Chickpea Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 3 cups broccoli slaw
- 1 15oz can of chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup chopped snap peas
- 1/3 cup diced red onions
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 2-3 mandarins peeled and separated
Sesame Lime Dressing
- 4 tbsp sesame oil
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
Toppings
- 1 avocado sliced or cubed
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Drain and thoroughly rinse the can of chickpeas.
- While the chickpeas are drying, prepare and chop the bell pepper, onion, snap peas, cilantro and mandarins.
- Add all the ingredients to a big bowl.
- In a separate small bowl, whisk all the ingredients for the dressing.
- Pour the dressing over the broccoli chickpea salad and mix until well incorporated.
- Top with fresh avocado and sesame seeds.
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