Sicilian Chunk Vegetable Salad
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 to 6 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 199
- Total Fat
- 16
- Saturated Fat
- 2
- Carbohydrates
- 9
- Dietary Fiber
- 3
- Sugar
- 5
- Protein
- 5
- Cholesterol
- 10
- Sodium
- 634
- Total: 13 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 3 min
Ingredients
1/4 to 1/3 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
4 ribs celery, chopped
1/2 European or English "seedless" cucumber, diced
2 vine ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/2 medium red onion, chopped
8 hot peppers, small cherry peppers or peperoncini peppers
1 small jar, 6 to 8 ounces, marinated mushrooms, drained
1 tin flat anchovies, drained and chopped
12 large green olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
Salt and coarse black pepper
Directions
- Steam green beans over pasta water if preparing the above recipe, or simmer beans in 1-inch of boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain green beans, run under cold water to cool off and chop them into thirds. Combine all salad ingredients in a bowl and toss. Dress salad with vinegar, oil, salt and pepper and serve.