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Fattoush Salad Recipe

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59 minutes mins
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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 03/04/2019Updated: 08/07/2023

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This fattoush salad will quickly become your favorite salad. Crispy pita, tangy dressing, and lots of fresh herbs will make this an instant favorite. 

Recipe Overview

Why you’ll love it: The salad makes a big batch so you can serve it for more than one meal.

How long it takes: about an hour
Equipment you’ll need: baking sheet, large bowl, small bowl or jar
Servings: 10

Fattoush salad on a large serving platter with black utensils.
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  • 1 Recipe Overview
  • 2 About Fattoush Salad
  • 3 What To Serve With Fattoush
  • 4 Storage Tips
  • 5 Get the Recipe: Fattoush Salad Recipe

You guys, I am so excited about this recipe. This is hands-down my favorite salad. I was going to split it up and give you the dressing recipe first, and then follow with the salad in a different post but the truth of the matter is:

a) You need both in your life, stat.

b) They’re best together. BFFs. Match made in heaven. Soulmates. They’re not meant to be with anyone else, so why share them separately?

Salad with fresh greens, tomatoes, crispy pita, radishes.

This fattoush salad has been a restaurant and carryout favorite since the moment I first tasted it (probably 12 years ago) and ever since, I’ve been slowly trying to create my own version at home. Admittedly, it’s been a slow process. Before we moved to the west side of Michigan, we had quick and easy access to the best authentic fattoush practically around every corner. The push to make my own wasn’t too big at that time. 

Fattoush salad with dressing in a jar in foreground of photo.

Then we moved and everything changed. We were on the hunt for fattoush (Middle Eastern food in general, to be honest), and we found fattoush, but it was never real fattoush. At least not in our minds. We have finally found one restaurant that we like quite a bit, but it’s a good 30 minutes from our house. 

The little recipe in my notebook full of recipe ideas quickly became a front-runner, needing to be developed ASAP. 

Fattoush salad on large serving platter with black utensils.

I’m super happy with how this recipe turned out, and better yet, Ben loved it too. He’s even pickier about fattoush than I am probably because he grew up eating it.

I’ve already made this salad multiple times, and I don’t foresee myself stopping anytime soon.

About Fattoush Salad

Fattoush is a Middle Eastern salad — its key characteristic are the pieces of crispy, toasted pita. The pita is often fried, but I bake mine. It gives the same crunch without the fried taste (or the calories).

The salad itself typically consists of fresh romaine, tomatoes, cucumber. Sometimes there is radish, sometimes onion, sometimes red cabbage. I love it the way I make it (obviously), but sometimes I’ll get crazy and add celery. It’s not at all traditional, but I like the crunch, especially if I don’t have radish on hand.

Salad dressing for fattoush salad.

The dressing is made with sumac (sumac is a game-changer!), pomegranate molasses, lemon, garlic, olive oil, dried mint and a little vinegar. We like the dressing nice and tangy, but I’ve also seen some creamier varieties with milk or yogurt in them.

A few important notes

  • This recipe makes a BIG salad. Great for a group but also great for meal prepping. Serve half of the salad for dinner tonight and save the other half for dinner later this week. Fattoush makes great lunches, too.
  • A bit of information about sumac: You might be wondering if you really need it and the answer is yes, you do. Find it at a specialty grocery store or on Amazon, but do not skip it. It’s 100% what makes this salad stand out from the rest.
  • Pomegranate molasses: If you HAVE to skip something, skip the pomegranate molasses (but you shouldn’t). If you can’t find it, you can substitute honey.

What To Serve With Fattoush 

  • Grilled Marinated Chicken: This Greek-style chicken marinade works well with the salad.
  • Shish Tawook
  • Chicken Kofta
  • Lamb Kofta (recipe by Gordon Ramsey)
  • Marinated Lamb Chops with Garlic and Herbs
Platter of fattoush style salad.

Storage Tips

I recommend storing the dressing separately (refrigerate in a jar), keeping the crispy pita in a ziploc bag, and waiting to add the tomatoes to the salad until you serve it. Tomatoes kinda lose their flavor and texture in the fridge. 

Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me @rachelcooksblog on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!

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Recipe

Get the Recipe: Fattoush Salad Recipe

4.86 from 14 votes
Prep Time: 30 minutes mins
Cook Time: 14 minutes mins
Additional Time: 15 minutes mins
Total Time: 59 minutes mins
10 servings
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This fattoush salad will quickly become your favorite salad. Crispy pita, tangy dressing, and lots of fresh herbs will make this an instant favorite. 

Ingredients

For Dressing:

  • 4 teaspoons ground sumac
  • 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (1 or 2 lemons)
  • 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses (can substitute honey)
  • 1 small garlic clove, minced
  • 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon dried mint
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil

For Crispy Pita:

  • 2 pita bread rounds (8-inch diameter)
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon sumac

For Salad:

  • 1 head romaine lettuce, trimmed, cut crosswise into ½ -inch strips (8 to 10 cups chopped lettuce)
  • 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 10 radishes, thinly sliced or chopped (or up to 15, depending on size)
  • 1 English hothouse cucumber, quartered lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise
  • 2 cups loosely packed flat leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped
  • 5 scallions, thinly sliced (green onions)
  • ½ cup fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

Instructions

  • Combine 4 teaspoons of sumac with 4 teaspoons of warm water in a small bowl and set aside for 15 minutes
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush both sides of pita bread with olive oil and sprinkle both sides with salt and sumac. Cut pita in bite-sized pieces and spread into a single layer on a baking sheet.
  • Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown and crispy. You can work on the rest of the salad while they bake!
  • In a jar or a measuring cup, combine sumac with the water it was soaking in, lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, garlic, vinegar, dried mint and salt. Add olive oil while whisking (or if in a jar, pour it in and cover and give a good shake). Taste and season as needed.
  • In a large bowl (find a really big one!), combine lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, cucumber, parsley, scallions, and mint.
  • Pour dressing over the salad and toss to combine (you may not need all the dressing).
  • Top with crispy pita immediately prior to serving.

Notes

  • Storage: Refrigerate dressing in small jar or covered container; pita crisps in airtight container. Add dressing to salad right before serving, along with tomatoes, and pita crisps.
  • If desired, replace the dressing with a commercially made vinaigrette.
  • Recipe adapted from Epicurious.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 199kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 13g, Sodium: 206mg, Potassium: 412mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 6871IU, Vitamin C: 34mg, Calcium: 61mg, Iron: 2mg

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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  1. Habiba says

    January 23, 2020 at 3:52 am

    Just the way I make it. I also add pommegranate to add that extra burst of flavour and the red pearls look beautiful.

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      January 25, 2020 at 3:46 pm

      Oooh yummy, I love that addition!

      Reply
  2. Olga Lucia @ Receta Típica says

    March 25, 2019 at 10:59 pm

    I loved your recipe, very fast and quick to prepare, Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      March 26, 2019 at 8:07 am

      I’m so glad to hear it! This is one of my favorite recipes. Thanks for taking the time to come back and leave a comment!

      Reply
  3. Wendy says

    March 8, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    I like this. Easy to prepare. And the low calorie recipe is great for a diabetic. Thanks. I will try this.

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      March 9, 2019 at 10:18 am

      So glad you like it!

      Reply
  4. denise says

    March 5, 2019 at 3:31 pm

    I’ve never had fattoush, but this salad sounds divine!

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      March 6, 2019 at 10:10 am

      I hope you try it! It’s one of my absolutely favorite things.

      Reply
  5. Bonnie says

    March 4, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    Such a yummy salad, thanks for introducing it to me! So crisp and tangy! Refreshing on a wintry day.

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      March 10, 2019 at 11:12 am

      I’m excited for you to try this recipe!

      Reply

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