Fattoush Lebanese Bread Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place pita bread on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the bread is a light brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool, 1 to 2 minutes. Break toasted bread into bite-size pieces.
• Combine lettuce, radishes, cucumber, tomato, garlic, green onions, parsley, mint, and salt and pepper together in a bowl; toss until salad is well mixed.
• Pour lemon juice, olive oil, and sumac into a salad dressing bottle with a lid; cover and shake until blended. Add dressing to salad and toss.
• Garnish salad with toasted pita.

Steps:

• Bring the bulgur and 1 cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan. Reduce the heat to a low simmer, cover and cook until all the water is absorbed and the bulgur is tender and fluffy, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Put the oil, lemon zest and juice, vinegar, honey, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a small jar or container with a lid. Secure the lid, and shake to combine.
• Put the romaine, tomatoes, bell peppers, parsley, scallions, mint and cooked bulgur in a large bowl. Add the vinaigrette, and toss. Season to taste with salt and pepper

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Separate pita into 2 rounds, and bake on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes, or until very crisp but not browned.
• Put tomato, red onion, peppers, cucumber, radishes and scallions into large salad bowl. Add romaine or purslane and fresh mint, and sprinkle with sumac and dried mint. Toss.
• Whisk together garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, pomegranate syrup, and salt and pepper in a small bowl. Just before serving, give dressing another quick whisk and then pour it over vegetables and toss.
• Break pita into 1-inch pieces and toss with salad, just before taking salad to table. Taste, add seasonings if needed, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Mix the water and cornstarch in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until thickened. Remove from heat, and mix in lemon juice, garlic, sumac, salt, and pepper. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, green onions, parsley, mint, bell pepper, purslane, and arugula. Toss with the dressing, and serve with pita.

Steps:

• Mix lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, purslane, mint, and parsley together in a large bowl. Place in the refrigerator.
• Whisk 1/4 cup olive oil, lemon juice, red onion, pomegranate molasses, sumac, and salt together in a small bowl to make dressing. Place in the refrigerator.
• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir pita squares in the hot oil until golden brown and crunchy, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Pour dressing over salad; toss to mix. Scatter pita squares on top.

Steps:

• Cut open the breads and toast them under the broiler until they are crisp turning them over once. Break them into small pieces in your hands.
• Put all the vegetables in a large bowl with the onions, rocket and purslane leaves or lamb's lettuce, flat leaf parsley, and mint.
• For the dressing, mix the olive oil with the lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, and sumac.
• Just before serving, add the toasted bread and toss well with the dressing. Serves 6-8.
• Variation: for the old style version, put the broken pieces of toast in a bowl. Moisten and soften with a little cold water or lemon juice before adding them to the salad.
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Steps:

• Put diced and chopped vegetables into a bowl, cover and chill until shortly before serving time.
• Combine lemon juice, oil, garlic, salt and pepper and pour over the vegetables.
• Toast pita bread under the grill - it should be pale gold in colour, not brown.
• Break into large pieces and toss into salad at last minute, so it will still be crisp when eaten.

Steps:

• Combine all the vegetables in a large bowl and mix well.
• Add the garlic, parsley, sumac, bread, olive oil and salt to taste.
• Toss everything together and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Deep-fry the Lebanese bread. or you can bake the bread in a medium oven for about 10 minutes - this will crisp up the bread.
• Drain the bread on kitchen paper abd then after it has cooled, break/crumple in your hands until it breaks into small pieces.
• Combine all of the salad ingredients and then toss with the dressing.
• For the dressing- combine the dressing ingredients and whisk together.
• This salad is best dressed just prior to serving.

Steps:

• For the Dressing:.
• Add dressingingredients to a small bowl and wisk together until combined.
• For the Salad:.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Toast pita on baking sheet until lightly toasted, for about 10-15 minutes, turning once.
• Add all vegetables, minus the shredded romaine, and herbs to a salad bowl.
• Add 2 tbsp of the dressing, or more to taste, to the salad and toss to coat.
• Break the toasted pita into bite sized pieces and add to the salad.
• Arrange the romaine lettuce on 2 serving plates and spoon cucumber mixture on top.
• Garnish each plate with a scoop of hummus.
• Drizzle with extra dressing if you like and serve.