Chicken tabouli salad

Recipes / Salads

This traditional tabouli salad contains chicken to elevate it from side dish status to star performer.

Recipe «Chicken tabouli salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/2 cup burghul, 1 cup boiling water, 1 barbecued chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat shredded, 100g roasted red capsicum, thinly sliced, 1 small red onion, halved, thinly sliced , 400g can chickpeas, drained, rinsed, 3 cups flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped, 1 cup mint leaves, roughly chopped , 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, 2 lemons, juiced.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup burghul 
  • 1 cup boiling water 
  • 1 barbecued chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat shredded 
  • 100g roasted red capsicum, thinly sliced 
  • 1 small red onion, halved, thinly sliced 
  • 400g can chickpeas, drained, rinsed 
  • 3 cups flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped 
  • 1 cup mint leaves, roughly chopped 
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 
  • 2 lemons, juiced 

Instructions

  1. Place burghul in a heatproof bowl and pour over boiling water. Stir to combine. Stand, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Drain well, pressing to remove as much liquid as possible. Transfer burghul to a large bowl.
  2. Add chicken, capsicum, onion, chickpeas, parsley, mint, oil and 1/3 cup lemon juice to burghul. Season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Spoon salad into bowls and serve.