Fattoush

Name: Fattoush
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 stale pita breads, torn and fried until crispy; 4 ripe tomatoes, diced; 1 cucumber, diced; 1 red pepper, diced; 4 radishes, thinly sliced; 4 spring onions, sliced; 1 large handful fresh parsley; 1 handful fresh mint; 4 tbsp olive oil; 3 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tsp sumac; 1 tsp salt

Lebanese bread salad with crispy fried pita, fresh vegetables and sumac dressing. Frying the torn pita pieces in olive oil until genuinely crispy, then adding them to the salad only right before serving, keeps them crunchy instead of turning soft and chewy.

Total time

25 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

5 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Mediterranean

vegetarianvegan

Ingredients

2stale pita breads, torn and fried until crispy

4ripe tomatoes, diced

1cucumber, diced

1red pepper, diced

4radishes, thinly sliced

4spring onions, sliced

1 large handfulfresh parsley

1 handfulfresh mint

4 tbspolive oil

3 tbsplemon juice

2 tspsumac

1 tspsalt

Instructions

Fry torn pita pieces in olive oil until golden and very crispy, drain and season.

Combine tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, radishes, spring onions and herbs in a bowl.

Dress with olive oil, lemon juice, sumac and salt.

Toss well.

Add crispy pita just before serving.

Toss once more and serve immediately before pita softens.

Dust with extra sumac before serving.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

178

Protein

2.6g

Fat

14.2g

Carbs

12.9g

Fiber

3.9g

Sodium

493mg

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