Chickpea, goat cheese, and cilantro salad

Chickpea salad with goat cheese and cilantro

Appetizers

A chickpea salad featuring cilantro, goat cheese, parsley, red onion, garlic, dried chili peppers, and chives, seasoned with oil and lemon.

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Cilantro is the defining ingredient of this salad; it’s essential, and the herbs are used in much larger quantities than usual. The goat cheese, added at the last minute, retains its shape.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Resting12 hr
  • Total13 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$11.23 $2.81 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.87
  • $4.17
  • $1.33
  • $2.80
  • $0.44
  • $0.36
  • $0.53
  • $0.59
  • $0.11
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cook the chickpeas until they are tender but still firm, then let them cool. You can already toss them with oil and lemon juice while they are still warm.
  2. Chop the herbs, red onions, garlic, chili peppers, and chives. ≈ 8 min
  3. Once the chickpeas are completely cooled, mix in the remaining ingredients and season with salt.
  4. Gently fold in the goat cheese at the very end: the salad is now ready to be served. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Chickpea salad with goat cheese and cilantro

  • 250 g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight$0.87
  • 250 g of goat cheese$4.17
  • 50 g of fresh parsley$1.33
  • 40 g of fresh cilantro$2.80
  • 2 red onions$0.44
  • 4 cloves of garlic$0.36
  • Four green cabbages$0.53
  • olive oil$0.59
  • Lemon juice$0.11
  • salt$0.03

Total$11.23

that's $2.81 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 250 g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight
  • 250 g of goat cheese
  • 50 g of fresh parsley
  • 40 g of fresh cilantro
  • 2 red onions
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 4 dried hot peppers
  • Four green cabbages
  • olive oil
  • Lemon juice
  • salt

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