Mediterranean Steak & Crispy Chickpeas

Ingredients

If you love mediterranean food and mediterranean flavors, and want an incredible summer salad, try making this. It’s one of the best flavor combinations and its SO good. The crispy chickpeas add such a nice crunch and a little more protein. You can always swap those out for crispy rice or quinoa, or if you’re lowcarb, my high protein lowcarb Kaizen rice.

Here is how I made it:

1.Lets pop the chickpeas in the oven while you work the rest. Grab a jar or can of chickpeas. Rinse with water well, then strain and pat try with a kitchen towel. Add it to an oven safe dish. Drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil, season with salt, pepper, and season with 1 tbsp thyme, 1 tbsp sweet paprika, and 1 tbsp garlic powder. Mix well then pop in the oven at 425F for 27-30 mins. Then let cool slightly.

2.Prep your salad base. I finely chopped 5oz arugula, thinly diced 4-5 Persian cucumbers, finely diced 1 large red onion, and thinly sliced half a pint of cherry tomato. You can add as many fresh herbs you want here. At a minimum I recommend finely chopping a large handful of fresh parsley (yielding about 3/4 cup), but feel free to add fresh mint and cilantro on top of it, too.

3.Cube up 1lb steak, drizzle with 1/2 tsp olive oil then season it with 1 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp sweet paprika, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp chili flakes, & generous salt+pepper. Cook on medium-high heat for 8 mins, or until cooked to your liking.

4.For the dressing, in a jar add 1/4 cup olive oil, the juice and zest of a large lemon, 2 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp dijon mustard, salt, pepper, 1 tsp sumac, 1 tsp oregano, and 1 tsp garlic powder. Shake really well.

5.Grab a salad bowl, add your veggies at the base, add the cooked steak, top with the fresh herbs, toss in the roasted chickpeas, then add the sauce, toss it really well and ENJOY!

If you make this, be sure to let me know on SHREDHAPPENS!

ENJOY!