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Spicy Buffalo Chickpea Salad

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Description

Hot wing sauce takes a short break from its meat gig.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CHICKPEAS:
  • 1 can Chickpeas (garbanzo Beans), 15-oz
  • ¼ cups Hot Wing Sauce, Divided
  • 2 Tablespoons High-heat Cooking Oil
  • _____
  • FOR THE DRESSING:
  • 4 teaspoons Hot Wing Sauce
  • ¼ cups Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice (about 1 Lemon)
  • 2 cloves Garlic, Peeled And Minced
  • 2 teaspoons Honey Or Agave Nectar
  • 1 pinch Salt And Black Pepper To Taste
  • ⅔ cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • _____
  • FOR THE SALAD:
  • 2 whole 10-oz Bags Of Mixed Salad Greens
  • 1 whole Medium Cucumber, Peeled And Cubed
  • 1 whole Avocado, Peeled, Pitted, And Cubed
  • 2 cups Crumbled Goat Or Blue Cheese (about 6-7 Ounces)

Preparation

To make the chickpeas, preheat oven to 400 degrees and place the oven rack to the upper third position. Place chickpeas on a large, rimmed baking sheet, add 2 tablespoons hot wing sauce and 2 tablespoons oil. Using your hands, toss them together so all of the chickpeas are coated. Bake for 15 minutes, then pull a chickpea out to taste. If you’d like them spicier, toss in an additional tablespoon (or two) of hot wing sauce and return to the oven for an additional 15 minutes. Even if you don’t add more sauce, they still need to bake for another 15 minutes or so until they’re slightly crisp on the outside, but soft on the inside. When they’re finished baking, let them cool off, then transfer to a serving bowl.

To make the dressing, put all dressing ingredients except oil into a small bowl and whisk to combine. While continuing to whisk, add the oil in a small, continuous stream. Dressing should thicken slightly as it combines.

At this point, you can place all of the ingredients in separate bowls for guests to build their own salads or toss the greens, dressing, cucumbers, and avocados together, then sprinkle the goat cheese and some of the chickpeas on top.

Makes 8 side-dish or 4 main-dish servings.

Note: Blue cheese dressing is traditionally served with hot wings and “buffalo” type dishes, but because of our family’s preferences, we opted for goat cheese.

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lowcountryheather on 2.6.2011

Made this last night! SOO good! And, yes, as yardsailor says above, the chickpeas are a great snack by themselves! The salad was awesome!! I did use a blue cheese vinegarette for the dressing, only because I was lazy and didn’t want to mix up yours… I will definetely try it next time though!

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yardsailor on 8.27.2010

Sounds great, even just the chickpeas would be a great snack.

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Recipe For Delicious on 8.26.2010

What a creative recipe! Chickpeas are so versatile!

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phsccml on 8.25.2010

This sounds fantastic. Making it this weekend. Thanks for sharing.

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lowcountryheather on 2.6.2011

Awesome!! The chickpeas are so yummy toasted like this! This is great! Thanks!

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