How To Make Butter Bean Salad with Lime and Mint
Whip up a refreshing side dish in this butter bean salad recipe that tosses iron-rich butter beans in a minty lime-buttermilk dressing.
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Chill Time: 2 hours
Total: 2 hours 30 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6cupsfresh butter beans,or 3 boxes 10 oz frozen baby lima beans
- ½cupextra virgin olive oil
- ¼cupfresh lime juice,plus 2 tbsp more
- ¼cupbuttermilk,plus 2 tbsp more
- salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste
- 1cupmint,chopped
Instructions
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Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the butter beans and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until they are tender. Drain and rinse the beans under cold running water. Drain well and pat the beans dry.
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In a large bowl, whisk the olive oil with the lime juice and buttermilk; season the dressing with salt and pepper. Add the beans, cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours. Fold in the mint before serving.
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Serve and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Calories: 262.70kcal
- Fat: 14.68g
- Saturated Fat: 2.17g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.93g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.96g
- Carbohydrates: 25.86g
- Fiber: 6.66g
- Sugar: 2.23g
- Protein: 8.71g
- Cholesterol: 0.31mg
- Sodium: 366.47mg
- Calcium: 74.84mg
- Potassium: 625.48mg
- Iron: 5.16mg
- Vitamin A: 36.19µg
- Vitamin C: 31.24mg
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