{"id":56295,"date":"2025-12-30T14:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/?p=56295"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:20:18","slug":"chicken-chickpea-salad-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/chicken-chickpea-salad-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken and Chickpea Salad Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This salad recipe from our team feels super decadent, but it actually packs tons of nutrients\u2014especially protein from the 1-2 punch of chicken and chickpeas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4277.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56296\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>You can make it for an easy weeknight lunch or dinner using ingredients you&#8217;ve likely already got lying around. It&#8217;s especially perfect for using up any leftover cooked or rotisserie chicken you&#8217;ve got on hand. The avocado dressing is on the heavier side, so we recommend using a nice and crisp lettuce like romaine that can stand up to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chicken and Chickpea Salad With Avocado Lime Dressing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You&#8217;ll Need<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed<br>3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for tossing<br>Salt &amp; pepper<br>1 avocado<br>1 clove garlic<br>1\/4 cup cilantro leaves<br>1\/4 cup Greek yogurt<br>2 tablespoons fresh lime juice<br>1\/2 cup water, plus more as needed<br>A few handfuls of diced, cooked chicken<br>A few leaves of romaine or other crisp lettuces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What To Do:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Preheat oven to 400 F. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toss chickpeas in a little olive oil and spread out evenly on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper. Bake until lightly crisp and browned, about 10 minutes, tossing halfway through. <br><br>Meanwhile, place in a food processor avocado, garlic, cilantro leaves, Greek yogurt, lime juice, 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp salt, and 1\/4 tsp pepper. Blend until creamy. Add 1\/2 cup water and blend again until smooth. If very thick, add more water. <br><br>In a large bowl, toss chickpeas, diced chicken, and lettuce. Dress with 1\/4\u20131\/2 cup yogurt dressing, or to taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/section.jsp?id=sec_chicken_chickpea_salad\">Shop the Ingredients on FreshDirect<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This salad recipe from our team feels super decadent, but it actually packs tons of nutrients\u2014especially protein from the 1-2 punch of chicken and chickpeas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61027,"featured_media":56296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2736,2737,3300,2732],"tags":[2923,3203,2849,1151],"class_list":["post-56295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner-recipes-2","category-lunch-recipes-2","category-poultry","category-recipes","tag-chicken","tag-chickpeas","tag-recipe","tag-salad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61027"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56295"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78247,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295\/revisions\/78247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}