Fava And Butter Bean Salad

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups shelled fava beans
• 1/2 lemon, juiced, or more to taste
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste (optional)
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
• 1 (14 ounce) jar butter beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup diced roasted red peppers
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. add the fava beans and cook until skins are translucent and easy to pull away, about 6 minutes. transfer beans with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice water; cool to room temperature, 1 to 2 minutes. squeeze each bean at one end to remove the bean from it's skin; discard skins and reserve beans.
• whisk lemon juice, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl; slowly whisk 2 tablespoons olive oil into lemon juice mixture until dressing is thick and emulsified.
• stir fava beans, butter beans, roasted red peppers, and mint into dressing; toss to coat beans completely. drizzle remaining olive oil over the top and season salad with salt and black pepper. cover and refrigerate until flavors blend, at least 1 hour.