Crunchy Salad with Firecracker Chickpeas and Peanut sauce

Name: Crunchy Salad with firecracker Chickpeas and Peanut sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Chopped lettuce (or other crunchy greens); Grated or thinly sliced carrots; thinly sliced red bell pepper; thinly slices zucchini or cucumber; chopped cilantro (or scallions for garnish); peanuts for garnish (optional); 1 recipe Peanut sauce; Or this Peanut Sauce; 15 oz can chickpeas (drained (save the aquafaba for meringue) or 1.5 cups cooked); 1/2 tsp oil; 1/4 tsp salt or to taste (depends on if chickpeas were salted); 1/4 tsp cayenne; 1/4 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp cornstarch (or other starch); 1 tbsp hot sauce (such as frank's hot sauce); 1.5 tsp sriracha (or other asian chile garlic sauce); 1.5 to 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 2 to 3 tbsp raw sugar (or brown sugar or other); 2 tbsp water

June 28, 2015 By Richa 45 Comments

Chickpeas tossed in sweet spicy firecracker sauce and cooked to thicken the sauce. Firecracker Chickpeas Served with a crunchy lettuce, carrot, red bell pepper salad, a light drizzle of peanut sauce and garnished with cilantro/scallions. Jump to Recipe

Make this! Oh yes, did I mention the Firecracker sauce. It is divine, and spicy… that name has “fire” in it.

You can also use the firecracker sauce as the dressing. For variation, use kale, greens, other veggies. Use lentils to make firecracker lentils. Serve over rice instead of salad. Add some blanched veggies to the thinned out sauce. Many variations! Depending on your salad and appetite, this serves 2 or 1. the recipe is easily doubled!

Firecracker Chickpeas! Yes! Crunchy Veggies, yes, and creamy PB Sauce. Use sunbutter to make a nut-free dressing.

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Steps:

Arrange the Salad ingredients to preference in a serving bowl. Top with firecracker chickpeas. Those chickpeas are spicyyy and addictive! And the bowl is totally not practical 🙂 I love the salad to a larger bowl to eat.

Dress with peanut sauce or firecracker sauce, cilantro and scallions. Serve

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Crunchy Salad with firecracker Chickpeas and Peanut sauce

Crunchy Salad with firecracker Chickpeas. Easy chickpeas tossed in firecracker sauce served over salad and Peanut sauce dressing. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe Free of Dairy, egg, soy, gluten, grain, yeast.

Prep Time25 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Salad

Cuisine: fusion

Servings: 4

Calories: 244kcal

Author: Vegan Richa

Ingredients

For the Salad:

Chopped lettuce or other crunchy greens
Grated or thinly sliced carrots
thinly sliced red bell pepper
thinly slices zucchini or cucumber
chopped cilantro or scallions for garnish
peanuts for garnish optional
1 recipe Peanut sauce
Or this Peanut Sauce

For the firecracker chickpeas:

15 oz (425.24 g) can chickpeas drained (save the aquafaba for meringue) or 1.5 cups cooked
1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) oil
1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt or to taste depends on if chickpeas were salted
1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) cayenne
1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) garlic powder
1 tsp cornstarch or other starch
1 tbsp hot sauce such as frank's hot sauce
1.5 tsp sriracha or other asian chile garlic sauce
1.5 to 2 tbsp rice vinegar
2 to 3 tbsp raw sugar or brown sugar or other
2 tbsp water

Instructions

Chop up the veggies, toss and place in serving bowl.
In a skillet, add the chickpeas, oil, salt, cayenne, garlic and mix well. Cook over medium heat for a minute. Add cornstarch and mix to coat.
Add the sauces, vinegar, water, sugar and mix well. Cook until the sauce thickens, stir occasionally. 4 to 5 minutes. Taste carefully and adjust heat and sweet if needed.
Cool slightly, add to the salad bowl.
Make the peanut sauce. Adjust consistency to preference for the dressing by adding more or less water. or add some coconut milk
Drizzle the salad with peanut sauce, cilantro or scallions and serve.
Alternatively, add a few tbsp more water to the firecracker chickpeas during cooking and use the firecracker sauce to dress the salad.
For variation, use kale, greens, other veggies. Use lentils to make firecracker lentils.

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Notes

If you don't have hot sauce and or sriracha, make your own by blending 3 tbsp vinegar, 1 to 2 tsp cayenne or to taste, 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp lime juice, 1/2 tsp parika, 1/8 tsp salt into a smooth puree and use.

Calories based on one serving

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Crunchy Salad with firecracker Chickpeas and Peanut sauce

Amount Per Serving

Calories 244 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Fat 9g14%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Sodium 619mg27%

Potassium 664mg19%

Carbohydrates 33g11%

Fiber 8g33%

Sugar 12g13%

Protein 11g22%

Vitamin A 6540IU131%

Vitamin C 54.2mg66%

Calcium 74mg7%

Iron 2.2mg12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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