Southwest Ranch Chickpea Salad – An Easy & Healthy Vegan Recipe.

Name: Southwest Ranch Chickpea Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 salad
Ingredients: ½ cup chickpeas; 2 cups romaine lettuce; ¼ cup red pepper; ¼ cup red onion; ¼ cup carrot; ¼ cup cucumber; ¼ cup corn; 2 Tbsp vegan southwest ranch dressing; 1 slice lime; ¼ cup tortilla chips; 2 Tbsp cilantro

A simple vegan chickpea salad with big tex-mex flavor! No cooking required, making it perfect for hot summer days.

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By Shan · Updated October 26, 2026

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Total: 10 min
Serves: 1
Ingredients: 11

Recipe

Southwest Ranch Chickpea Salad

A simple vegan chickpea salad with big tex-mex flavor! No cooking required, making it perfect for hot summer days.

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Yield: 2 salad
Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 10 minutes

Ingredients

237 mL chickpeas (volume measure)
946 mL romaine lettuce (volume measure)
118 mL red pepper (volume measure)
118 mL red onion (volume measure)
118 mL carrot (volume measure)
118 mL cucumber (volume measure)
118 mL corn (volume measure)
59 mL vegan southwest ranch dressing (volume measure)
2 slice lime — package or uncertain unit retained; no metric conversion
118 mL tortilla chips (volume measure)
59 mL cilantro (volume measure)

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½ cup chickpeas
2 cups romaine lettuce
¼ cup red pepper
¼ cup red onion
¼ cup carrot
¼ cup cucumber
¼ cup corn
2 Tbsp vegan southwest ranch dressing
1 slice lime
¼ cup tortilla chips
2 Tbsp cilantro

Instructions

Prep The Ingredients

Wash and chop the romaine lettuce and red pepper. Slice the cucumber into thin coins. Slice the carrots into strips. If using canned corn, drain it. Drain the chickpeas.

For The Vegan Southwest Ranch Dressing

You can use 1 cup of store-bought vegan ranch dressing and add 1 tsp chili powder and 1 tsp of cumin. Or make the dressing from scratch using my creamy vegan southwest ranch dressing recipe .

To Construct The Salad

Add a layer of lettuce to a large bowl or plate. Add on the toppings. Serve with dressing and a squeeze of lime (optional) and a few sprigs of fresh cilantro. For a more substantial salad, you can also add a base layer of rice, quinoa, or other grains.

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A flavorful medley of chickpeas and fresh veggies topped with Southwest Ranch dressing, this salad is perfect for summer!

Using canned chickpeas makes preparation a snap – no cooking. Always great when it's a hot summer day and you don't want to heat up the kitchen!

You can change up the salad ingredients to suit your taste. For example, chickpeas can easily be replaced with black beans if that's more your thing, and you could easily try adding more ingredients such as avocado, guacamole, or jicama. Basically anything that would taste good in a taco would work well in this salad.

For the dressing, you can make my Southwest Ranch Vegan Dressing or, if you want something easier, you can buy a bottle of vegan ranch dressing and mix in 2 teaspoons of chili powder and 2 teaspoons of cumin powder.