Summer Chickpea Salad

Ingredients

• 1 sm red onion, peeled
• 1-2 fresh red chillies, deseeded
• 2 handfuls red tomatoes (~4-5)
• 2 lemons
• olive oil
• 4 lge handfuls chick peas, soaked, cooked, and drained
• handful of fresh mint, chopped
• handful of basil, finely ripped
• 200g feta cheese
• sea salt and ground black pepper

Method

• Finely slice red onion, and chillies. Roughly chop tomatoes, and mix together with their juices.
• Dress with juice of 1 1/2 lemons, and about 3 times as much olive oil. Season to taste.
• Heat chickpeas and add 90% of them to the bowl. Mash the remaining chickpeas and add them too.
• Allow to marinate for a while, then serve at room temperature.

• When serving, add mint and basil, the juice from the remaining 1/2 lemon, and crumble the feta over the bowl.

Source

Jamie Oliver