This Thai chickpea salad with peanut dressing is a simple, healthy, and tasty lunch. A great vegan meal prep recipe, ready in 10 minutes! A healthy lunch or dinner option made with fresh vegetables, cooked garbanzo beans, and a bright fresh peanut sauce dressing.
A big bowl of this Thai Chickpea Salad is great for meal prep lunches, a vegetarian side dish option, or just a quick weeknight dinner at home. Freshly shredded red cabbage, carrots, corn, green onions, and chickpeas are smothered in a fresh lime peanut sauce and ready for your plate!
This Vegan Thai Chickpea Salad with Peanut Sauce Is:
- Crunchy
- Bright
- Loaded with flavor
- Fresh
- Healthy
- Versatile
- Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free
What’s In This Vegan Chickpea Salad with Gluten Free Peanut Dressing?
- No Salt Added Chickpeas: the staple of all hummuses! You can use canned chickpeas (I’d highly recommend a low sodium or no salt version), or you can make your own chickpeas from scratch in the Instant Pot.
- Carrots: for sweetness and crunch
- Cabbage: because I literally have 4 cabbages in the fridge right now and had to use 1. I love the fresh, bright crunch from red cabbage, so it’s always a permanent staple on my grocery list.
- Corn: you can use fresh, canned, or frozen corn. Make sure its sweet corn so you get a little extra flavor in this yummy salad.
- Lightly Salted Peanuts: for a yummy, nutty crunch! I like to use only unsalted or lightly salted peanuts when I cook. Lightly salted peanuts won’t alter the taste of my recipes, which I prefer. I will always choose a lower sodium option if available!
- Olive Oil: I like to use this delicious Zoe olive oil which has a fantastic flavor and deep color- it’s really inexpensive online here, so I keep a few liters stocked up in my pantry. For the quality of oil you get, it’s an excellent value, I would highly recommend!
- Rice vinegar: I love rice vinegar, I always keep this seasoned vinegar stocked in my pantry!
- Peanut Butter: Like my peanuts, I only use unsalted peanut butter to keep it healthy.
- Sesame Oil: The sesame oil gives the perfect toasty flavor to the dressing of this salad. Toasted sesame oil is traditional in a lot of asian dishes, and will give you salad the perfect flavor.
- Tamari: tamari is a gluten-free version of soy sauce. Tamari has a bright salty flavor, and adds a really nice depth of umami to this dish. If I am cooking for a crowd, I always use this tamari in my recipes just in case anyone at the table has a gluten allergy, so everyone can enjoy this meal.
- Lime Juice: fresh squeezed! If you don’t have fresh limes, this instant lime is actually really great in a pinch, I always keep some in the pantry.
This recipe is super versatile: you can use whatever produce you have on hand. I made this salad very simply with cabbage, carrots, and green onions – but other veggies would be fantastic! Refreshing chopped cucumber, sliced radishes, or red onions would also be delish.
How Do I Make This Thai Chickpea Salad with Peanut Sauce Dressing?
- Open the cans of cooked chickpeas, and rinse under cold water in a strainer. Drain chickpeas and add to a large bowl.
- To the chickpeas, add the chopped carrot, red cabbage, corn, green onions, and chopped peanuts.
- Add all dressing ingredients to a mason jar, seal with a lid, and shake well to combine. Pour the dressing over the chickpea salad and toss the salad well. Garnish with extra peanuts or green onions if desired. Serve and enjoy!
Dietary Modifications
- For a nut-free version: If you are allergic to peanuts you can use cashews, or sunflower seeds for a tree-nut free version. Just make sure you also use a sunbutter to replace the peanut butter too.
- This recipe is gluten free: if you aren’t GF then you can use regular noodles or soy sauce instead of the GF alternative.
- This recipe is vegan & vegetarian, but if you aren’t meatless you can add a cooked protein of your choice.
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Thai Chickpea Salad with Peanut Sauce Dressing (Vegan, Gluten Free)
This Thai chickpea salad with peanut dressing is a simple, healthy, and tasty lunch. A great vegan meal prep recipe, ready in 10 minutes!
Ingredients
For the Chickpea Salad
- 2 No-Salt-Added Chickpeas
- 2 carrots shredded
- 3 cups shredded red cabbage
- 1 cup sweet corn
- 2 green onions sliced
- 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
Instructions
- Open the cans of cooked chickpeas, and rinse under cold water in a strainer. Drain chickpeas and add to a large bowl.
- To the chickpeas, add the chopped carrot, red cabbage, corn, green onions, and chopped peanuts.
- Add all dressing ingredients to a mason jar, seal with a lid, and shake well to combine. Pour the dressing over the chickpea salad and toss the salad well. Garnish with extra peanuts or green onions if desired. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Dietary Modifications
For a nut-free version: If you are allergic to peanuts you can use cashews, or sunflower seeds for a tree-nut free version. Just make sure you also use a sunbutter to replace the peanut butter too.
This recipe is gluten free: if you aren't GF you can use soy sauce instead of the GF alternative.
This recipe is vegan & vegetarian, but if you aren't meatless you can add a cooked protein of your choice.
For a nut-free version: If you are allergic to peanuts you can use cashews, or sunflower seeds for a tree-nut free version. Just make sure you also use a sunbutter to replace the peanut butter too.
This recipe is gluten free: if you aren't GF you can use soy sauce instead of the GF alternative.
This recipe is vegan & vegetarian, but if you aren't meatless you can add a cooked protein of your choice.
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