Grilled Pita Fattoush

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Second successful renown to tabbouleh among Lebanese salads, fattoush is simply a chunky, colorful salad. Crucial to the crockery is the sumac, pita chips and the chubby chopped of the vegetables. The vegetables should beryllium chopped truthful that they are abdominous and yet small. Do not fto the pita beryllium successful the crockery oregon it volition go soggy. The crunch of the pita gives this Lebanese breadstuff crockery its character.

Sumac gives it a dusky, lemony punch; the spice is disposable astatine Middle Eastern markets and Williams-Sonoma arsenic good arsenic online spice purveyors specified arsenic Penzeys and Kalustyan's.

Grilled pita tin beryllium stored successful a zip-top container successful a adust spot for up to 1 week.

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6-8 side-dish

For the pita and salad

One 8-inch-round pita bread
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 spoon kosher salt, positive much arsenic needed
1 ample ripe tomato, coarsely chopped (may substitute 12 cherry tomatoes)
2 Persian cucumbers, quartered lengthwise past coarsely chopped (peeled oregon unpeeled)
1/2 mean greenish doorbell pepper, stemmed, seeded past coarsely chopped
1 rib celery, coarsely chopped
One 1/4-inch-thick portion of saccharine onion, coarsely chopped
6 radishes, coarsely chopped
1 oregon 2 scallions, greens portion only, finely chopped
2 cups loosely packed flat-leaf parsley leaves, coarsely chopped
8 romaine lettuce leaves, torn oregon chopped into bite-size pieces
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 heaping spoon crushed sumac, for garnish (see headnote)

For the dressing

3/4 cupful loosely packed caller mint leaves, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoonful caller citrus juice
2 tiny cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8)

Calories
120
Fat
7 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
11 g
Sodium
210 mg
Protein
3 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Tested by Jim Shahin and Jeff Donald.

Published August 20, 2013

Updated March 14, 2026