How To Make Fattoush Salad with Mint Dressing
Tossed with a refreshing mint dressing, this fattoush salad is a Lebanese dish tossed with toasted pita and chopped veggies, finished with a tangy spice.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Toasted Pita:
- 2whole grain pitas,7 -inch diameter, torn into bite-sized pieces
- 2tbspextra-virgin olive oil
- pinchfine sea salt
For Salad:
- ½cupfresh mint dressing*
- 10ozfresh romaine lettuce,(about 1 medium head of lettuce), chopped
- 1large chopped tomato,or 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
- 1cupcucumber,Persian or English, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1cupchopped red onion,(about 1 small onion)
- ½cupchopped radish,(about 3 medium)
- ½cuptorn fresh mint leaves
- ½cupcrumbled feta,optional
- ground sumac,for sprinkling on top
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
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On a large, rimmed baking sheet, toss the torn pita with 2 tablespoons olive oil until lightly coated.
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Sprinkle with salt and bake in the oven for 8 to 12 minutes until the pieces are very golden and crispy, tossing halfway. Set the baking sheet aside to cool.
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To prepare the salad, make the salad dressing as directed and set it aside.
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In a large serving bowl, combine the chopped lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, radish, mint, optional parsley and feta, and toasted pita.
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Wait until ready to serve to drizzle up to ½ cup dressing over the salad. Gently toss until all of the ingredients are lightly coated in dressing.
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Serve promptly, and sprinkle individual servings generously with sumac.
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This salad is best consumed soon after making since the dressing will wilt the lettuce and soften the pita with time.
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If having leftovers, store the salad separately from the dressing, and toss individual salads before serving. The salad will keep this way, covered and refrigerated, for up to 4 days.
Recipe Notes
Check out this Fresh Lemon Mint Dressing Recipe to learn how to make it.
Nutrition
- Calories: 356.87kcal
- Fat: 27.45g
- Saturated Fat: 6.76g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.53g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.81g
- Carbohydrates: 24.16g
- Fiber: 5.47g
- Sugar: 5.99g
- Protein: 7.21g
- Cholesterol: 16.69mg
- Sodium: 653.37mg
- Calcium: 163.08mg
- Potassium: 502.14mg
- Iron: 3.22mg
- Vitamin A: 373.03µg
- Vitamin C: 15.45mg
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