Balkan Roasted Pepper White Bean Salad with Paprika Oil 🫘✨

Description

Balkan Roasted Pepper White Bean Salad with Paprika Oil is a rustic cold salad made with creamy white beans, sweet roasted red peppers, red onion, garlic, parsley, lemon, vinegar, olive oil, and warm paprika oil. It is colorful, hearty, fresh, and perfect as a mezze plate, fasting lunch, grilled-food side, or bread-friendly Balkan table salad.
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Creamy white beans, roasted peppers, red onion, parsley, lemon, garlic, and paprika oil make this Balkan salad bold, fresh, and made for bread. 🥗

Ingredients

• Salad base 🫘
• 🫘 500 g cooked white beans, drained (3 cups / 1.1 lb)
• 🌶️ 300 g roasted red peppers, peeled and sliced (2 cups / 10.6 oz)
• 🧅 120 g red onion, thinly sliced (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🧄 2 garlic cloves, finely grated (2 cloves / 0.35 oz)
• 🌿 25 g fresh parsley, chopped (½ cup loose / 0.9 oz)
• 🍋 25 ml lemon juice (1 tbsp + 2 tsp / 0.85 fl oz)
• 🍇 20 ml red wine vinegar (1 tbsp + 1 tsp / 0.7 fl oz)
• 🧂 5 g fine sea salt (¾ tsp / 0.17 oz)
• ⚫ 2 g black pepper (1 tsp / 0.07 oz)
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• Paprika oil 🌶️
• 🫒 55 ml olive oil (¼ cup / 1.85 fl oz)
• 🌶️ 5 g sweet paprika (2 tsp / 0.17 oz)
• 🌫️ 1 g smoked paprika (½ tsp / 0.03 oz)
• 🧄 1 garlic clove, lightly crushed
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• Finish ✨
• 🌿 10 g parsley for topping (¼ cup loose / 0.35 oz)
• 🍋 1 lemon, cut into wedges
• 🍞 4 slices rustic bread, optional

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Prepare the beans 🫘
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3. Place the drained white beans in a wide bowl. If using canned beans, rinse gently and drain well so the salad stays clean and not watery.
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5. 2️⃣ Slice the peppers 🌶️
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7. Slice the roasted red peppers into thick strips. Pat them lightly with paper towel if they are very wet.
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9. 3️⃣ Soften the onion 🧅
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11. Add sliced red onion to a small bowl with lemon juice and vinegar. Rest for 8 min so the onion becomes brighter and less sharp.
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13. 4️⃣ Build the salad 🥗
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15. Add roasted peppers, softened onion with its juices, garlic, parsley, salt, and black pepper to the beans. Toss gently so the beans stay whole.
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17. 5️⃣ Make paprika oil 🔥
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19. Warm olive oil with the crushed garlic over low heat for 2 min. Remove from heat, stir in sweet paprika and smoked paprika, then let it sit for 1 min. Do not burn the paprika.
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21. 6️⃣ Dress the salad ✨
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23. Remove the garlic clove from the paprika oil. Pour the warm paprika oil over the beans and peppers, then toss gently for 30 sec.
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25. 7️⃣ Rest for flavor 🛋
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27. Rest the salad for 15 min at room temperature so the beans absorb the lemon, vinegar, pepper juices, and paprika oil.
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29. 8️⃣ Serve rustic 🌿
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31. Top with extra parsley and lemon wedges. Serve with rustic bread, grilled vegetables, fish, or as a cold mezze salad.

Total Time

⏱ Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 2 min
🛋 Rest: 23 min
⏰ Total: 40 min

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