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fatoosh chopped salad with pomegranate and pita chips
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5 from 16 votes

Lebanese Fattoush Salad With Fried Pita Chips

Lebanese fattoush is a bright chopped salad made with fresh mint, parsley, chopped lettuce, tomatoes, sumac, pomegranate, and pita chips.
Servings: 6

Ingredients

Fatoosh Salad

  • 6 medium tomatoes
  • 6 Persian cucumbers or 1.5 English cucumbers
  • 6 radishes
  • ½ cup pomegranate seeds if you have some
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 cup fresh mint
  • 1 cup fresh parsley
  • 1 head of romaine lettuce
  • 2 bell peppers
  • 2 tablespoons sumac

Salad Dressing

  • 4 tablespoons pomegranate molasses this is the secret ingredient
  • 6 tablespoons good quality olive oil
  • lemon juice from 2 large lemons
  • salt to taste

Pita Chips

  • 2 large pita bread
  • za'atar if you have it
  • salt
  • olive oil if baking the pita chips
  • frying oil if frying the pita chips
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Instructions

Make The Fatoosh Salad Base

  • Wash and chop lettuce. Set aside.
  • Chop onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, and bell peppers.
  • Add salt and sumac.
  • Chop fresh mint and fresh parsley.
  • Remove seeds from the pomegranate. Add to other salad ingredients.
  • Create salad dressing by mixing pomegranate syrup, lemon, and olive oil. Add dressing to salad ingredients and mix.

Make The Pita Chips

  • Split pita bread in pita chip-sized pieces.
  • If frying, heat up frying oil. Add pita bread to oil and fry until golden brown. Remove onto a paper towel. Add salt and zaatar.
  • If baking in the oven, split pita bread into half. Most pita bread has a pocket of air in the middle that separates the bread into a front and back. Split the pita bread so that the front and back are separated. Brush olive oil onto each piece. Sprinkle za'atar and salt on the bread. Bake at 375 ℉ (190 ℃) until golden brown and crunchy.

Assemble Salad Bowl

  • Add the salad to a bowl. Put pita chips on top. Mix and enjoy!

Notes

  1. The nutrition facts are not including the fried pita chips or baked pita chips. Depending on how many you add to your bowl will affect the nutritional values.
  2. If eating this salad over a few days, keep the pita chips separate from the salad base until you are ready to eat. This keeps the pita chips crunchy.

Nutrition

Serving: 2cups | Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 236mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 28g