This easy Lebanese Fattoush Salad is made with simple healthy ingredients, crispy pita chips and a bright zesty dressing. Serve this popular salad in the summer as a side dish or as a light main course.
3smallpita loaves, split into two diskstoasted until golden brown and broken into small pieces.
1headromaine lettucechopped
2-3Persian or Lebanese cucumberschopped
2mediumripe juicy tomatoeschopped
½red pepperchopped
3radishessliced
½cupchopped fresh parsleyitalian or curly
1green onion (or scallion)sliced thinly
¼cupfresh mint leaveschopped
1teaspoonground sumacoptional
Fattoush Salad Dressing
6tablespoonsextra-virgin olive oil
3tablespoonslemon juicefreshly squeezed
2tablespoonsred wine vinegaror more lemon juice
1mediumgarlic clovegrated or minced
½teaspoonsaltmore to taste
1pinchfreshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Fattoush Salad
Split the pita loaf into 2 disks. Toast the pita bread in the oven until golden. Remove from oven let cool and break into bite-size pieces.
Wash, dry and chop the lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, red pepper, radishes, parsley, green onion and mint leaves.
Place all of the vegetables in a large bowl and sprinkle on the sumac (if using). Top with the toasted pita bread.
Fattoush Dressing
Place all of the Fattoush dressing ingredients in a jar, put the lid on and shake until the dressing has emulsified.
Dress the Fattoush salad
Pour the dressing on the salad and toss. Serve immediately.
Notes
Make sure to dry the lettuce and vegetables thoroughly before chopping them. Too much water in your greens will make the lettuce go limp and your bread go soggy quickly.
For the best Fattoush Salad, toss the salad right before serving. Tossing it early will cause the bread to soften.
One serving of this salad contains approximately 359 calories. Though this salad is very healthy, it is not suitable for people who are on a low-carb (or keto) diet as a main ingredient is bread.