# Carrot Salad with Aleppo Chickpeas & Date Vinaigrette

This recipe for carrot salad is inspired by carrot cake, featuring crispy chickpeas and nut topping, and a simple date vinaigrette.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 carrots
- chickpeas
- walnuts
- pistachios
- cinnamon
- coriander
- cumin
- Aleppo pepper
- oil
- scallions
- red onion
- dates
- lemon zest
- lemon juice
- salt

## Instructions

1. Roughly chop chickpeas and walnuts.
2. Roughly chop pistachios.
3. Spread chopped chickpeas and nuts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
4. Season the chickpeas and nuts with cinnamon, coriander, cumin, and Aleppo pepper.
5. Drizzle with oil.
6. Shred carrots.
7. Slice scallions.
8. Thinly slice red onion.
9. Place sliced scallions and red onion in a bowl with ice water to mellow out.
10. Roast chickpeas and nuts in the oven, adding the nuts a little later so they don't burn.
11. Pit and chop dates for the vinaigrette.
12. Grate lemon zest into the bowl with chopped dates.
13. Squeeze lemon juice into the bowl.
14. Add salt and Aleppo pepper to the vinaigrette mixture.
15. Whisk the date vinaigrette ingredients together.
16. Combine shredded carrots, soaked scallions, and red onion in a large bowl.
17. Pour the date vinaigrette over the salad ingredients.
18. Toss everything together until well combined.
19. Top the salad with the crispy chickpea and nut topping.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- small bowl
- large bowl
- grater
- whisk

## Tips

- Soak scallions and red onion in ice water to mellow them out.
- Add nuts to the oven later than chickpeas to prevent burning.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@justine_snacks/video/7357434141203254571?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7550004359083755022
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bb13f585-5867-4deb-9611-33c1ed5cb0ef
- Extracted: 2025-09-28

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