Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad)
Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad)

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Middle Eastern Pita Salad (Fattoush Salad). Place the pitas on a nonstick sheet pan. This easy Fattoush Salad recipe made by Goutez is simple but tastes amazing!

Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fattoush (pitta bread salad) using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad):
  1. Make ready 1 romaine lettuce (or 2 little gems) washed, spun and broken into inch size pieces
  2. Prepare 1 small red/purple onion, diced
  3. Prepare 3 small ripe tomatoes, diced
  4. Take 1/2 English cucumber, seeds removed and chopped
  5. Get 2 pitta breads
  6. Take dressing
  7. Get 1 garlic clove
  8. Get 1/2 lemon, juiced
  9. Take 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  10. Prepare 1 salt and black pepper
  11. Get optional extras
  12. Prepare 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
  13. Prepare 3 tbsp chopped parsley
  14. Get 1/2 cup chopped black olives

Fattoush is a version of bread salad made throughout the Middle East using leftover pita bread. The pita flatbreads are cut into pieces and either fried or baked before being tossed with fresh vegetables and dressing. Fattoush is a popular salad in Middle Eastern cuisine and especially in Lebanon. In a sense, it's the Middle East's version of Italian Panzanella which is a bread salad Panzanella is frequently made with hunks of sourdough and fattoush typically uses pita bread.

Instructions to make Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad):
  1. Heat oven to 200 C
  2. Split the pittas and place them on a baking sheet
  3. Cook for 8 -10 minutes, turning over halfway through, until crispy and a little browned
  4. Set pittas aside to cool
  5. Put lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion and tomatoes into a large salad bowl
  6. Make the dressing: if you have a pestle and mortar, smash the garlic with the salt until completely crushed. If not, crush with salt on a chopping board then put in a small bowl
  7. With the garlic, whisk in the lemon juice, oil and black pepper
  8. Break the pittas into pieces directly into the salad bowl
  9. Pour over the dressing and toss well
  10. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours to let the flavours develop (I make hubby's the night before and he takes it to work the next day)

But there's no hard and fast rule about it. This Arabic fattoush salad is a colorful tossed salad with a lemony garlic dressing. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place pita pieces into the skillet without crowding. Fry in batches until golden brown and blot dry with paper towels.

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