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My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

30 mins
VG Vegetarian
Avatar by: Lindsay Grimes Freedman
April 25, 2017 (Updated: June 6, 2020)
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My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce
My favorite falafel recipe served with delicious hommus, peppers and onions, and all wrapped up in butter lettuce. Such a fun dish for the whole family!

My husband is the falafel king. Ok, maybe there are one or a billion restaurants that may dispute that but there was a period in our marriage when we were eating falafel every other night as Jaryd perfected his craft. We’re kinda obsessed with falafel.

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

It’s such a fun meal where you can pack your pita with whatever goods you like. Check out the recipe card for other fun add ons to offer with your falafel spread! We love to make it a family meal, put everything out on the table and let the kids make their own. There’s something about them being a part of the process of making their dinner that they love and makes it fun!

I give the kids a pita option, but we adults tend to go for the butter lettuce to wrap everything up. Collard greens also make awesome green and crunchy wraps

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

You can make falafel a bunch of ways. My favorite way is to fry them babies up! I love the crispy outside and fluffy, moist inside. If you make small falafels, they get super crispy throughout, but if you make larger balls, they get doughy and mushy in the center (that’s how I like them!). Make them however you like! For me, the crispy, flavorful outside is a MUST to any falafel game.

Another essential element? Some darn good hommus. I grab a tub (or two) of Cedar’s Hommus whenever I’m at WholeFoods and the other day I impulsively grabbed some tzatziki too. I knew I wanted a bunch of yummy flavors in my falafel wrap and couldn’t think of a better option than Cedar’s!

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

Cedar’s uses a traditional Mediterranean recipe using pure and simple ingredients! It’s a family recipe that was passed down and perfected is now one of my favorite weekly buys at the grocery store!

AND!! Get this, you can win yourself a YEAR’S supply of hommus by entering HERE!! I mean that’s what dreams are made of, my friends.

So let’s make The Best Falafel + Hommus Wrap because it’s wayyy easier than you think and your new favorite family dinner 🙂

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

In your food processor, place the chickpeas, ¾ of the onion (coarsely chopped), garlic, parsley, coriander, cumin, flour, egg, salt and pepper. Process the ingredients until they are well blended.

Pour the oil into a frying pan so that it is 1 – 2 inches up the side. Turn the heat to medium-high and wait for the oil to get hot.

Use a cookie scooper or two spoons to drop small dollops of the falafel batter into the hot oil. Larger dollops will have moist, doughy falafel centers, while smaller dollops will result in crunchier falafel.

Allow the falafel to cook for 2 -3 minutes, then use a slotted spoon to flip them over and fry the other side. When the outside is golden brown, use a slotted spoon to remove the falafel and place on a plate lined with a paper towel.

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

Chop the remaining ¼ of the onion and place in a small bowl. Cut the grape tomatoes and place them in the bowl with the onion. Stir the onions and tomatoes until they’re combined.

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

Wash and dry your butter lettuce leaves and place them flat on a plate. In each leaf, place a scoop of hommus, a falafel ball, some tomato/onion mixture, and tzatziki if desired.

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

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VG Vegetarian

My Favorite Falafel with Butter Lettuce

My favorite falafel recipe served with delicious hommus, peppers and onions, and all wrapped up in butter lettuce. Such a fun dish for the whole family!

AvatarRecipe by:Lindsay Grimes Freedman
Prep: 15 minsCook: 15 minsTotal: 30 mins
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Servings: 6 1x

Ingredients

  • 16 oz. can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 3 tablespoons fresh parsley
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 4 tablespoons arrowroot flour
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • Oil for frying (I used sunflower oil)
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes
  • 1 head butter lettuce
  • 1 container Cedar’s Roasted Red Pepper Hommus
  • Cedar’s tzatziki (optional)

Instructions

  1. In your food processor, place the chickpeas, ¾ of the onion (coarsely chopped), garlic, parsley, coriander, cumin, flour, egg, salt and pepper.
  2. Process the ingredients until they are well blended.
  3. Pour the oil into a frying pan so that it is 1 – 2 inches up the side.
  4. Turn the heat to medium-high and wait for the oil to get hot.
  5. Use a cookie scooper or two spoons to drop small dollops of the falafel batter into the hot oil. Larger dollops will have moist falafel centers, while smaller dollops will result in crunchier falafel.
  6. Allow the falafel to cook for 2 -3 minutes, then use a slotted spoon to flip them over and fry the other side.
  7. When the outside is golden brown, use a slotted spoon to remove the falafel and place on a plate lined with a paper towel.
  8. Chop the remaining ¼ of the onion and place in a small bowl.
  9. Cut the grape tomatoes and place them in the bowl with the onion.
  10. Stir the onions and tomatoes until they’re combined.
  11. Wash and dry your butter lettuce leaves and place them flat on a plate.
  12. In each leaf, place a scoop of hommus, a falafel ball, some tomato/onion mixture, and tzatziki if desired.
  13. Other fun add-ons may be shredded carrot, chunks of cooked beets, or some quinoa!

Tips

Serving: Calories 228; Fat 7.9g (Sat 0.3g); Protein 7.8g; Carb 33g (net carb 26.4g); Fiber 6.6g; Sodium 633mg

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  1. AvatarShayna Gehl says

    Posted on 5/1/17 at 9:57 am

    I am such a fan of your blog! Not only are your recipes beautiful but they are so delicious and healthy too! When ever I make them- they are always a huge hit with my kids too! So quick question: can you bake these and yield similar results? If so, would around 400 degrees for 12 mins or so do the trick if the fallafels are about a tablespoon each? Looking forward to more posts to come.

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    • AvatarLindsay says

      Posted on 5/1/17 at 2:43 pm

      Yay! Thank you so much!! I think you may need to add some almond flour so they are thicker and more roll-able in order to bake them and they stay balls. I’d add about 1/4 cup almond flour and then keep adding a tablespoon until you feel they’re a good consistency to roll and bake. Let me know how you make out!! xo

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  2. AvatarSarah says

    Posted on 5/19/17 at 3:52 pm

    Have you tried mixing the falafel and freezing the dough/batter/falafel balls for another night? Or will it store for a few days in the fridge? I want to prep ahead if possible but I don’t want mushy falafel!

    Thanks!

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    • AvatarLindsay says

      Posted on 5/21/17 at 6:29 pm

      Hi Sarah! I haven’t tried it, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work! Let me know if you experiment a bit, I’d love to hear how it works!! xo

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  3. AvatarAshley says

    Posted on 3/6/19 at 4:06 pm

    Sooooo yummy! I made these tonight and wow. Light and fluffy. I used tapioca flour because that’s what I had and it worked out well.

    Reply
    • AvatarLindsay says

      Posted on 3/10/19 at 9:20 pm

      Yay!! I’m so glad you loved them too!! xo

      Reply

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