White Bean Salad with Sardines (Easy 5-minute Summer Salad Recipe)
White Bean Salad with Sardines is a fantastic summer salad recipe that brings to life a can of white beans and a few other pantry staples. Fresh, loaded with protein, and ready in 5 minutes.
Equipment
- 1 large Glass Salad bowl
- Large knife and Cutting board
- Salad serving spoons (for serving)
- Microplane
Ingredients
For the salad
- 15 oz. 450g jar white beans (cannellini beans or similar)
- 7 oz. 200g cherry tomatoes, halved
- ½ red onion finely sliced
- ½ English cucumber cut into half-moons
- 1 can 5 oz. 150g Sardines in Olive oil (keep the oil)
- Half cup of black olives chopped
- Handful of fresh parsley chopped
Salad dressing
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Juice and zest from 1/2 lemon
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Instructions
- Rinse and drain the white beans and add to a large salad bowl15 oz. 450g jar white beans (cannellini beans or similar)
- Dice the cucumber, onion, and halve the cherry tomatoes and add the beans7 oz. 200g cherry tomatoes, halved, ½ red onion, ½ English cucumber
- Drain oil from tin of sardines (keep the oil for the dressing).1 can
- Flake the sardines (if whole, carefully remove the larger bones, spine, etc.). Add flaked sardine to the bowl with the other ingredients.
- Top with the chopped black olives and fresh parsley.Half cup of black olives, Handful of fresh parsley
- Drizzle some of the oil from the sardines over the salad. Add the olive oil too.¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Add the zest from ½ lemon, plus the juice.Juice and zest from 1/2 lemon
- Season to taste with salt and pepper, mix well, and serve immediately!Salt and pepper
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Notes
Cooking Tips:
- If you want to remove the sharpness from the red onion, add the finely sliced onion to a bowl of iced water and submerge for 5 minutes. Drain and shake off excess water, then add the red onion to the salad.
- Use good quality extra virgin olive oil for best results
- Source sardines that have been marinated in olive oil rather than sunflower oil.