Turkish White Bean Salad

Are you ready for the easiest side dish salad ever? I’m a massive fan of beans of all sorts and this Turkish white bean salad really lets them shine. I honestly eat this on its own but it makes a great potluck or summer cookout side dish. This salad only takes a few minutes to make (minus marinating time) and you’ll keep going back for more.

Ingredients:

1 can white beans, rinsed and drained
½ red onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
2 tablespoons fresh chopped mint
lemon wedge

For The Dressing:

2 tbsp olive oil
1 tablespoons lemon juice
1-2 garlic cloves, minced (you can do it yourself or buy it minced)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tsp sumac
½ tsp chili flakes (more or less to taste)

Instructions:

In a bowl, whisk to combine the dressing ingredients.

Add the beans, chopped onion, and chopped tomatoes and gently toss to combine.

Chill the salad in the fridge for an hour before serving to allow the beans to marinate and flavors to mingle.

Garnish with chopped mint leaves and a squeeze of lemon and enjoy!

This Turkish white bean salad is seriously so easy that it’s difficult to write the 300 words that web browsers want for blog posts. White beans are prevalent in Turkish dishes with a lot of tweaks to this very one. It’s one of those common dishes that everyone has a family recipe for. I definitely don’t get tired of eating it!