Description
These Greek Chickpea Salad Melts are full of flavor and easy to make! The Greek inspired chickpea salad is loaded with veggies and goes perfectly with the melted mozzarella cheese. If you’re looking for a new lunch recipe, that’s not boring, these delicious melts are for you! Make the chickpea salad ahead of time and then these melts can be thrown together in just about 5 minutes. #sandwichrecipe #chickpeasalad #vegetarian #greekflavors #meltrecipe
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 (15 oz) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1/3 cup small diced cucumber
- 1/3 cup diced sun-dried tomatoes
- 1/3 cup diced roasted red pepper, or fresh
- 1/3 cup chopped kalamata olives
- 1/3 cup diced marinated artichoke hearts
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise, heaping cup
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon vinegar or fresh lemon juice (red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar work well)
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- Sliced bread
- Thin slices of mozzarella cheese, you could also use provolone, monteray jack or another cheese of choice
Instructions
- Add the drained chickpeas to a large bowl and mash them with a fork, to your desired consistency. I like to leave a few whole but mash the others pretty well.
- Next, add in the roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, kalamata olives, artichokes, feta cheese and fresh herbs.
- Give the chickpea salad a quick mix and then add in the mayo, dijon mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper. Mix everything together well. Add any extra mayo, salt or pepper needed.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. I like to butter one side of each bread slice, or you can just melt a some butter in the skillet before putting the sandwiches in. Lay bread down on a flat surface and top with about 1/2 cup of the Greek chickpea mixture. Top with a slice of the mozzarella cheese and then add on the remaining slice of bread.
- Place the melts into your pan and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side, until cheese is melted and bread is brown and crispy. You can cover the pan to speed up the melting process if you like. Allow sandwiches to cool for a few minutes, slice in half and enjoy!
Notes
Greek chickpea salad recipe makes enough for about 6-8 melts, depending on size of bread and how much filling you use in each sandwich.
I use regular sandwich sized bread and put about 1/2 cup of chickpea salad on each melt.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Vegetarian, Sandwich
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Greek Inspired
