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Yellow Bean Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Yellow Bean Salad

12 ingredients 10 min + 10 min openrecipes
Yellow Bean Salad

A summer yellow bean salad with a green chile-spiked, cilantro-flecked, and coconut milk dressing, toasted pepitas, and (if you want to make a meal of it) pan-fried tofu.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

421
Calories
13g
Protein
32g
Fat
27g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Tofu 100g firm 76
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Cilantro 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Bean not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Pepita not in our table 0
Flower not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound / 16 oz yellow runner beans
  • 1 serrano chile, stemmed and seeded
  • 5 green onions, green parts trimmed & reserved
  • a big handful of cilantro
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and smashed
  • 3/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
  • 1 cup coconut milk, well mixed
  • 1- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, or to taste
  • 2 big handfuls / 1/2 cup toasted pepitas
  • 1 1/2 cups tiny pan-fried tofu cubes, optional
  • basil flower garnish, optional

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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