Fattoush Salad
Fattoush salad is a simple salad with oil-free dressing and baked pita chips. Simple, yet tangy, this fattoush salad recipe tastes just like fattoush salad from your favorite Meditteranean restaurant, but much healthier. The zesty dressing will be your new favorite dressing, dip and sauce.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 180kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
SALAD
- 8 cups Romaine lettuce chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 1 large English cucumber cut into ovals, and then halves
- 1- pint grape tomatoes
- 1 medium white onion sliced thin
- 3 cups purple cabbage shredded
DRESSING
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice + the zest of the lemon
- 4 Tablespoons pomegranate molasses
- 4 Tablespoons organic white vinegar
- 4 Tablespoons garlic minced
- 1 Tablespoon fresh mint chopped
- 1 Tablespoon ground sumac soaked in 3 Tablespoons warm water
- 1 Tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
PITA CHIPS
- 3 pieces whole wheat pita bread
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
Instructions
DRESSING
- Combine sumac and warm water; let sit while you make the pita chips and prepare the salad.
- Combine all the ingredients and the sumac with water after preparing pita chips and salad
- Whisk together
PITA CHIPS
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
- Cut 3 pieces of pita bread into 8 triangles each
- Prepare a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper
- Lay pita in a single layer on the baking sheet
- Spray pita with a little water
- Sprinkle with garlic salt
- Bake for 7 minutes
- Remove from oven and cool
- Break into pieces when cooled
SALAD
- Cut lettuce and prepare other vegetables
- Arrange into large bowls
- Sprinkle with a small handful of pita chips (DO NOT ADD PITA CHIPS UNTIL READY TO EAT TO PREVENT SOGGINESS)
SERVE
- Add pita chips to the salad right before serving
- Drizzle dressing on the salad
- Serve with additional dressing
Notes
What dressing is used on fattoush salad?
- I served my fattoush salad with an oil-free fattoush salad dressing, but any vinegar-based dressing goes well with this recipe.
- The best substitutes for pomegranate molasses are pomegranate seeds, cranberry juice, and grenadine. Raspberry jam and lemon juice are also good pomegranate molasses alternatives.
- Sumac is a Meditteranean spice that is tart, lemony, tangy, with almost a vinegar flavor.
- Sumac is best substituted with lemon zest, lemon pepper seasoning, lemon juice, or vinegar. However, each substitute has a more overpoweringly sour taste than sumac and should therefore be used sparingly as a replacement for the spice.
Nutrition
Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 1337mg | Potassium: 633mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 6703IU | Vitamin C: 47mg | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 2mg