Lebanese Fattoush Salad

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Lebanese Fattoush Salad

July 21, 2020

My husband is Lebanese/Syrian Armenian and let me just say that I have been introduced to so many delicious new foods that have quickly become some of my favorites. One of them is Fattoush Salad. I love it so much I make it weekly in our home. I have seen many different versions of this salad but the common denominator in the salad is tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, romaine lettuce and sautéed (or fried / baked/ store bought) pita bread tossed in a tangy sumac salad dressing.

I am going to experiment with different vegetables and mixed greens the more I make this salad but for now I am sharing the only version I know and love. Staying true to my Middle Eastern roots, I don’t measure when I cook and you really can’t go wrong with the proportions of this salad. I recommend building your salad with the base ingredients that compliment your palate. For the sumac salad dressing, I did measure this last time I made it for the purpose of sharing with you all!

I hope that you and yours will enjoy it as much as we do. Please leave me any questions or comments below. Would love to hear from you!

My salad servers are by: L’Objet. Salad bowl linked below.

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yield: 4-6

Lebanese Fattoush Salad

Author: Parisa Kaprealian

yield: 4-6

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Ingredients

Romaine lettuce
Cucumbers (I prefer Persian)
Tomatoes
Fresh Italian parsley
Red onion
Radishes
6 lemons
Fresh pita bread

For the sumac dressing you will need:

1TBSP sumac
1 TBSP mint powder
1 TBSP paprika
1 TBSP garlic paste
3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)

Instructions

Chop and build all of your vegetables for your salad. Once you are done building your salad I like to add sumac and mint powder throughout. I add sumac and mint powder to the salad dressing as well.
Mix all of your salad dressing ingredients together and whisk it well to combine all of the ingredients together.
Cut your fresh pita bread into squares or triangles and sauté them on the stovetop in a few tablespoons of olive oil. The bread cooks really fast and to get them to the golden and crunchy texture you are looking for, it shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to them for flavor and set aside. You can purchase store bought pita chips/bread but there is no comparison in the depth of freshness and flavor then sautéeing your own fresh pita bread.
There is no rule to the order of building your salad, your dressing, or your sautéed pita bread. Once you are ready to serve your salad, I recommend tossing the dressing over the salad right before and topping the salad off with the sautéed pita bread at the end so they don’t get soggy.

ENJOY!

Original recipe URL: https://prettypleasedesign.com/2020/07/21/lebanese-fattoush-salad/