
Chickpea Salad with Tuna & Eggs Recipe
Receta de Ensalada de Garbanzos con Atún y Huevos
25
Minutes
4
Servings
Ingredients
- 15.5 oz chickpeas
- 2 cans tuna in olive oil 4 oz / 110 grams each
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 red onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
- pinch sea salt
- dash black pepper
Nutritional Facts
- Calories 320
- Calories From Fat 72
- Total Fat 8 gr (12%)
- Saturated Fat 2 gr (13%)
- Trans Fat 0.01 gr
- Polyunsaturated Fat 3 gr
- Monounsaturated Fat 2 gr
- Cholesterol 106 mg (35%)
- Sodium 861 mg (37%)
- Potassium 641 mg (18%)
- Total Carbohydrates 35 gr (12%)
- Fiber 11 gr (46%)
- Sugars 3 gr (3%)
- Protein 28 gr (56%)
- Vitamin A 1521 IU (30%)
- Vitamin C 68 mg (82%)
- Calcium 112 mg (11%)
- Iron 4 mg (22%)
This classic Spanish salad is full of flavor, easy to prepare and ready in around 20 minutes. It's perfect as a light appetizer or a satisfying main course, especially paired with a Galician bread and a chilled white wine.
Steps
Add the eggs into a sauce pan, fill with water to 1/2 inch above the eggs and heat with a high heat, once it comes to a boil add a lid on the pan and turn off the heat, let the eggs sit for 11 to 12 minutes to end up with perfectly hard boiled eggs.
Meanwhile, drain the cans of chickpeas into a colander, rinse them under water, then shake off any excess water and add the chickpeas into a large bowl.
Finely chop the red onion, green and red bell pepper, add into the bowl with the chickpeas.
Drain the cans of tuna into a fine sieve with a bowl underneath, gently flake the tuna and then add into the bowl with the rest of the ingredients, add in the chopped parsley and season with sea salt & black pepper.
To make the dressing, add 4 tbsp of the olive oil from the canned tuna into a bowl, along with 1 tbsp sherry vinegar, finely grate in the garlic and season with sea salt & black pepper, whisk together until well mixed.
Add the dressing over the salad and gently mix together.
Transfer into a large serving dish, top off with the hard boiled eggs cut into slices, enjoy! Notes: You can serve this salad at room temperature or even chilled. Just cover with plastic wrap and store in the fridge. It will hold for up to 3 to 4 days.


3 Comments
I took a double batch of this to a church potluck (international theme) & hoped there wouldn’t be too much left over. At the end, the plate was CLEAN! It was a real hit.
Excellent recipe! Healthy with lots of good protein. I made half a recipe (there are only the two of us) and made a few substitutions based on the ingredients I had available (shallots for red onion, cilantro for parsley). I jazzed it up with some black olives for contrast.
Really tasty, and a great way to load up on protein.