{"id":"900d4a96-3c8b-4615-b3ef-19ddfa2883a4","url":"https://recipestripper.com/recipes/900d4a96-3c8b-4615-b3ef-19ddfa2883a4","source_url":"https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/778511260-chickpea-salad-with-cucumber-and-roast-lemon-salsa","title":"Chickpea Salad With Cucumber and Roast Lemon Salsa","description":"Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of outdoor eating season, and a potato salad must be on the menu. This one has no potato. Chickpeas stand in instead — creamy and substantial, dressed in Greek yogurt, mayonnaise and whole-grain mustard. This salad delivers everything you want from a classic cookout side: the richness, the bulk, the familiar comfort of something cold and scoopable. What tips it somewhere new is the cucumber salsa spooned over the top: lemons, roasted until tender and just charred at the edges, intensify into something jammy and sour, then tossed with cucumber, sweet dill pickles, jalapeño and a good amount of fresh dill. The result is very good alongside whatever else is on the grill. Watch Yotam Ottolenghi make this dish in this video.","servings":6,"servings_text":"6 servings","prep_time":"PT0H15M","cook_time":"PT0H20M","total_time":"PT0H35M","ingredients":[{"text":"1 lemon, thinly sliced (about 12 slices)","item":"lemon, thinly sliced","quantity":1,"preparation":"about 12 slices"},{"text":"6 tablespoons olive oil, divided","item":"olive oil","quantity":6,"unit":"tbsp","preparation":"divided"},{"text":"Fine sea salt and black pepper","item":"Fine sea salt and black pepper"},{"text":"3 mini or Persian cucumbers, cut into 1-inch irregular chunks (about 8 ounces total)","item":"mini or Persian cucumbers, cut into 1-inch irregular chunks","quantity":3,"preparation":"about 8 ounces total"},{"text":"¾ cup diced sweet gherkins or sweet dill pickles (about 4 ounces), plus ¼ cup pickle brine","item":"diced sweet gherkins or sweet dill pickles (about 4 ounces), plus 1/4 cup pickle brine","quantity":0.75,"unit":"cup"},{"text":"3 spring onions or scallions, thinly sliced","item":"spring onions or scallions","quantity":3,"preparation":"thinly sliced"},{"text":"½ cup (packed) roughly chopped fresh dill","item":"(packed) roughly chopped fresh dill","quantity":0.5,"unit":"cup"},{"text":"1 medium jalapeño, thinly sliced","item":"medium jalapeño","quantity":1,"preparation":"thinly sliced"},{"text":"1 teaspoon maple syrup","item":"maple syrup","quantity":1,"unit":"tsp"},{"text":"¼ teaspoon celery salt (or fine sea salt)","item":"celery salt","quantity":0.25,"unit":"tsp","preparation":"or fine sea salt"},{"text":"2 (20-ounce) jars chickpeas or 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed","item":"(20-ounce) jars chickpeas or 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas","quantity":2,"preparation":"drained and rinsed"},{"text":"½ cup (5 ounces) plain Greek yogurt","item":"plain Greek yogurt","quantity":0.5,"unit":"cup","metric_alternate":{"quantity":5,"unit":"oz"}},{"text":"½ cup mayonnaise","item":"mayonnaise","quantity":0.5,"unit":"cup"},{"text":"1½ tablespoons whole-grain mustard","item":"whole-grain mustard","quantity":1.5,"unit":"tbsp"},{"text":"¼ teaspoon nigella seeds, to serve (optional)","item":"nigella seeds, to serve","quantity":0.25,"unit":"tsp","preparation":"optional"}],"instructions":[{"number":1,"text":"Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Toss the lemon slices with 1 tablespoon of oil and ⅛ teaspoon of salt on a small parchment-lined baking sheet, and arrange in a single layer. Roast for about 12 minutes, until the lemon is tender and just starting to char around the edges. Set aside to cool briefly, then finely chop."},{"number":2,"text":"In a medium bowl, combine the cucumbers, gherkins, pickle brine, spring onion, dill and jalapeño. Stir in the chopped roasted lemon, along with the remaining 5 tablespoons oil, the maple syrup, celery salt and a few grinds of pepper."},{"number":3,"text":"In a separate bowl, mix together the chickpeas, yogurt, mayonnaise and mustard, along with ¼ teaspoon of salt and a few grinds of pepper."},{"number":4,"text":"To serve, transfer the chickpeas to a serving platter, spoon over the cucumber salsa and sprinkle with the nigella seeds, if using."}],"date_published":"2026-10-29T23:58:52.529415+00:00","date_modified":"2026-10-29T23:58:52.529415+00:00"}