Fattoush

11 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 -3 tomatoes, cubed
  • 1 small cucumber, peeled, quartered lengthwise, and chopped
  • 1 medium green pepper, seeded, deribbed, and diced
  • 5 scallions, chopped
  • 12 small lettuce, shredded
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped of fresh mint or 1 teaspoon dried mint
  • 1 pita bread, toasted and cut into cubes (or 2-3 slices of bread)
  • 13 cup olive oil
  • 13 cup fresh lemon juice
  • salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine the vegetables, herbs, and bread.
  2. 2
    Make a dressing with the lemon juice and oil and season with salt and pepper, whisk together and pour it over the salad, toss well, and chill for 30-60 minutes before serving.
  3. 3
    For an authentic Arabic flavor, the dressing should be made of equal parts of oil and lemon juice.
  4. 4
    However, you may prefer to use more oil - perhaps two to three parts of oil to one of lemon juice.
  5. 5
    Serves 4 to 6.

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