Greek Butter Bean Salad With Tomatoes, Dill, and Oregano Recipe

Jennifer Olvera
Greek Butter Bean Salad With Tomatoes, Dill, and Oregano Recipe
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  • Yield:Serves 4
  • Active time:10 minutes
  • Total time:1 hour
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Summer Bean Salads: Greek Butter Bean Salad With Tomatoes, Dill, and Oregano

This take on Greek gigantes plaki is loaded with herbs, spiced with a pinch of cinnamon, and best served at room temperature. [Photograph: Jennifer Olvera]

Inspired by gigantes plaki (Greek-style baked beans), this flavorful salad features butter beans enveloped in a vinegar-spiked tomato dressing, with dill, oregano, and a touch of cinnamon.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 (14.5-ounce) can butter beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1/4 cup canned tomato puree
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh dill
  • 1 teaspoon minced flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Greek
  • Pinch of ground cinnamon
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. 1.

    Heat oil over medium heat in a medium skillet until shimmering. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until tender and nearly translucent, about 6 minutes.

  2. 2.

    Add beans, tomato puree, vinegar, dill, parsley, oregano, and cinnamon. Season with salt and pepper, bring to a simmer, and cook until flavors meld, about 3 minutes. Refrigerate until ready to serve or cool to room temperature before serving. This dish is best eaten at room temperature, so remove from the refrigerator 1 hour before serving.

Jennifer Olvera
Sunday Supper Columnist

Jennifer Olvera is the author of Food Lovers' Guide to Chicago, and she has all-but tested and developed recipes since toddlehood. She writes the Sunday Supper column for Serious Eats and regularly contributes food features to Chicago Sun-Times. She can often be found tending her garden, canning and traveling to far-flung destinations, where she writes about local edibles for pubs like Los Angeles Times and Frommers.com.

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